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The average distance of the sun from the earth is `1.5xx10^8`km and the average distance of the moon from the earth is 384000 km. if the attraction of the sun on the earth is 180 times the attraction of the moon ,how many times is the mass of the sun greater than that of the moon ?

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`2.75xx10^7`
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