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A lunar probe is rocketed from earth directly toward the moon in such a way that it always between the earth and the moon. The probe narrowly misses the moon and continues to travel beyond it on an extension of the line segement described above. At what distance from the center of the earth will the force due to the earth be equal to the force due to the moon?

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`432 Mm`
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