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How is the weight of an object in a spaceship near the moon related to the distance that the spaceship is from the moon?

A) There is is no gravity on the moon and therefore they are not related.
B) As the distance to the moon decreases, the weight of the spaceship would increase.
C) As the distance to the moon increases, the weight of the spaceship would increase.
D) The gravitational pull of the moon is constant and therefore the weight would be a constant.

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Gravity increases as distance decreases. Therefore, the answer is B.
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