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Mass of the Earth is 81 times mass of the Moon and distance between Earth and Moon is 60 times the radius of the Earth. If R is the radjus of Earth, then the distance between the Moon and the point on the line joining the Moon and the Earth where gravitational force becomes zero is

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30R

B

15R

C

6R

D

5R

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