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The sun's mass is about 
times the earth's mass. The sun is about 400 times as far from the earth as the earth is from the moon. Assume that the sun-moon distance is constant and equal to sun-earth distance. The ratio of the magnitudes of the gravitational pull of the sun on the moon ( 
) and of the earth on the moon 
will be 
. Find x
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
2
(2)
Then 
Putting the values 
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