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Knowing that mass of moon is M/87, where M is the mass of tie earth, find the distance of the point from the moon, where gravitational field due to earth and moon cancel each other. Given that distance between earth and moon is 60 R, where R is the radius of earth

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a

8 R

b

4 R

c

6 R

d

2 R

answer is C.

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Let x be the distance of the point from the moon where gravitational field intensity due to earth and moon cancel each other, ThenG(M/81)x2=GM(60R−x)2or 19x=160R−xor 9x=60R−x  or  10x=60Ror x=6R
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