What will happen to the gravitational force if the distance between two bodies is halved and the mass of each body is doubled?

When the masses of two objects is doubled, then the gravity between them is quadrupled; and so on. Since the gravitational force is directly proportional to the square of the separation distance between the two interacting objects, more separation distance will result in weaker gravitation forces. 

If the masses of two objects are doubled, and the distance between them is halved, then the gravitational force acting between them becomes

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