Question

The mass of the Moon is about 1/80th of the mass of Earth. The force exerted by Earth on the Moon is about 80 times thatexerted by the Moon on Earth.Select one:O TrueO False

Answer 1

According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, the force that object A exerts to object B has the same magnitude as the force that object B to object A, but in the opposite direction:

`\vec{F}_(AB)=-\vec{F}_(BA)`

Then, the force exerted by Earth on the Moon has the same magnitude as the force exerted by the Moon on the Earth.

Therefore, the given statement is false.