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

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The earth attracts the moon with the same force with which the moon attracts the earth. This is because by universal law of gravitation, every object in the universe attracts every other object in the universe with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
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