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Sep19-10, 08:08 PM
Hi All,
I am trying to work some problems from my textbook. The question is as follows:

If the sidereal period of the moon is 29.0 days, what would be its synodic period?

My Steps

I have considered how far around the sun the Earth/Moon will have traveled in 29.0 days but after that I am stuck
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3. The attempt at a solution