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As a 70-Kg Person Stands at the Seashore Gazing at the Tides

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As a 70-kg person stands at the seashore gazing at the tides (which are caused by the Moon) , how Iarge is the gravitational force on that person due to the Moon? The mass of the Moon is 7.35 x 1022 kg10 ^ { 22 } \mathrm {~kg} the distance to the Moon is 3.82×108 m3.82 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~m} and G=6.67×1011 Nm2/kg2.G = 6.67 \times 10 ^ { - 11 } \mathrm {~N} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 } / \mathrm { kg } ^ { 2 } .


A) 0.00024 N
B) 0.24 N
C) 0.0024 N
D) 0.024 N

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