3. The Earth has a mass of 5.97 × 1024 kg and the Moon has a mass of 7.36 × 10^22 kg. The average distance between the center of the Earth and the center of the Moon is 3.84 × 108 m.  (a) What is the gravitational force acting on the Moon due to the Earth?  (b) What is the gravitational force acting on the Earth due to the Moon?  (c) How far away would the Moon need to be for the magnitude of the gravitational force acting on it due to the Earth can be the same as the magnitude of the gravitational force of 72 kg student sitting at their desk on the surface of the Earth?

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3. The Earth has a mass of 5.97 × 1024 kg and the Moon has a mass of 7.36 × 10^22 kg. The average distance between the center of the Earth and the center of the Moon is 3.84 × 108 m. 

(a) What is the gravitational force acting on the Moon due to the Earth? 

(b) What is the gravitational force acting on the Earth due to the Moon? 

(c) How far away would the Moon need to be for the magnitude of the gravitational force acting on it due to the Earth can be the same as the magnitude of the gravitational force of 72 kg student sitting at their desk on the surface of the Earth?

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