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How would the tides on earth be different if the moon revolved around earth in 15 days instead of 30 days

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The tides would be faster, and shorter. 
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Since the moon causes the tides by its gravitational pull. Moving around the Earth faster would mean that the tides would be their for a much shorter period of time.
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