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Calculate the magnitudes of the gravitational forces exerted on the Moon by the Sun and by the Eart when the two forces are in
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I used G m1 m2/r^2 to get the forces, for the force between the Earth and the moon I did: ((6.67e-11)(5.97e24)(7.35e22))/(1.737e6 - 6.37e6)^2 and I got 1.36e24 For the force between the Sun and the Moon, I used the distance from earth to the sun and