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Homework Statement
A spaceship is launched and starts moving directly towards the Moon. At what distance from the Earth will the pull of the Moon, on the spaceship, excced the pull of the Earth? Ignore the effect of the sun in this calculation.
Homework Equations
F=G(M1M2/r^2)
The Attempt at a Solution
i don't know where to begin. does the force of the Earth on the spaceship = the force of the moon on the spaceship and i solve for r?