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Use the diagram below to answer the following questions. 40 spheres of equal mass make two rings of 20 spheres each. The ring on the right has a radius twice as large as the ring on the left.

At what position could a mass be placed so that the net gravitational force that it would experience would be zero?

A

A

B

B

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C

D

D

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B
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