22) Earth and the Moon are, on average, about 385,000 kilometers (kg) apart. The Moon also has about 1/80 the mass of Earth. There is a point between Earth and the Moon where Earth's gravitational force on an object would be equal to the Moon's gravitational force on that object. Which sentence best describes where this point is?

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22)	Earth and the Moon are, on average, about 385,000 kilometers (kg) apart. The Moon also has about 1/80 the mass of Earth. There is a point between Earth and the Moon where Earth's gravitational force on an object would be equal to the Moon's  gravitational force on that object. Which sentence best describes where this point is?

fanduekisses · Answer

A. The point is closer to Earth than the Moon.
 	 B. The point is half-way between Earth and the Moon.
    	 C. The point is closer to the Moon than Earth.
    	 D. The point is on the opposite side of Earth from the Moon.

fanduekisses · Answer

I think it is C, because if it were closer to the Earth than to the moon, than the GF of the earth on the object would be greater because the Earth is obviously a lot bigger than the moon....