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Find the free-fall acceleration of an object on the surface of the moon, if the radius of the moon and its mass are 1740 km and `7.4 xx 10^(22)` kg respectively. Compare this value with free fall acceleration of a body on the surface of the earth. `(AS_(1))`

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approximately `1.63 m//s^(2)`
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