The earth and the moon are attracted to each other by gravitational force. The earth attracts the moon with a force that is

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More than that exerted by the moon

Same as that exerted by the moon

Less than that exerted by the moon

Not related to that exerted by the moon

answer is B.

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According to the Universal law of gravitation, “every particle having mass, attracts every other particles in the universe and the force between them is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them”. Mathematically,

F = \frac{G m_{1} m_{2}}{d^{2}}

Where,

F

is the gravitational force between the objects,

m_{1} m_{2}

are the masses of the object,

G

is the universal gravitational constant and

d

is the distance between the objects. As the force is the same between any two objects, the earth attracts the moon with the same force as that exerted by the moon to attract the earth.

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