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Moon effect. Some people believe that the Moon controls theiractivities. If the Moon moves from being directly on the oppositeside of Earth from you to being directly overhead, by whatpercentage does (a) the Moon's gravitational pull on you increaseand (b) your weight (as measured on a scale) decrease? Assume thatthe Earth–Moon (center-to-center) distance is 3.82 × 108 m, Earth'sradius is 6.37 × 106 m, Moon's mass is 7.36 × 1022 kg, and Earth'smass is 5.98 × 1024 kg.

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aThe force exerted by the Earth on the Moon is exactly equal and opposite that the Moon exerts on Earth and is determined by the law of universal gravitation formulated by Newton which states that the force exerted by a given object mass m1 over    See Answer
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