What Is the Distance from the Center of the Moon

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Multiple Choice

What is the distance from the center of the Moon to the point between Earth and the Moon where the gravitational pulls of Earth and Moon are equal in magnitude? The mass of Earth is 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg,the mass of the Moon is 7.35 × 10²² kg,the center-to-center distance between Earth and the Moon is 3.84 × 10⁸ m,and G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N ∙ m²/kg².

• A)3.45 × 10⁸ m
• B)3.84 × 10⁷ m
• C)4.69 × 10⁶ m
• D)3.83 × 10⁶ m
• E)4.69 × 10⁷ m

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