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The Earth and the moon are attracted to each other by gravitational force. Does the earth attract the moon with a force that is greater or smaller or the same as the force with which the moon attracts the earth? Why?

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According to the universal law of gravitation , two objects attract each other with equal force but in opposite directions .The Earth attacts the moon atteacts the earth .
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