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How far from Earth must a body be along a line joining the sun to the earth so that resultage gravitational pull on the body due to Earth and sun is zero ? Distance between sun and the Earth is `1.5 xx 10^(8) km`. Mass of sun `= 3.25 xx 10^(5)` times mass of Earth.

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