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What Is the Distance from the Center of the Moon 5.97×1024 kg5.97 \times 10 ^ { 24 } \mathrm {~kg}

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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? The mass of Earth is 5.97×1024 kg5.97 \times 10 ^ { 24 } \mathrm {~kg} the mass of the Moon is 7.35×1022 kg7.35 \times 10 ^ { 22 } \mathrm {~kg} the center-to-center distance between Earth and the Moon is 3.84 \times 108 m10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m} and G=6.67×1011 Nm2/kg2G = 6.67 \times 10 ^ { - 11 } \mathrm {~N} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 } / \mathrm { kg } ^ { 2 }


A) 3.84×107 m3.84 \times 10 ^ { 7 } \mathrm {~m}
B) 3.83×106 m3.83 \times 10 ^ { 6 } \mathrm {~m}
C) 4.69×107 m4.69 \times 10 ^ { 7 } \mathrm {~m}
D) 4.69×106 m4.69 \times 10 ^ { 6 } \mathrm {~m}
E) 3.45×108 m3.45 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m}

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