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What is the ratio of the gravitational pull of the sun on the moon to that of the Earth on the moon assume the distance from the moon to the sun is the same as the distance from the Earth to the sun?​

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Answer: So the force of gravity due to the sun on the moon is 2.25 times stronger than the force of gravity due to earth on the moon.

i hope this helps if not lmk!

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