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Those are tough to calculate all at once. It took me a few tries but I did end up with the same answers. For anyone else who likes to take things one step at a time, here you go: a) E = k[(-3x10^-8)+(1.5x10^-8)+(-3x10^-8)] b) V = k(4.15094x10^-5) (and at the end, when your...

"a rocket with a total mass of 1200kg is 3.0 x 10^8 m from the centre of the Earth and directly in between the Earth and the moon." Doesn't this mean that the rocket forms a triangle with the Earth and moon? If so, would we not have to calculate the distance between the rocket and the moon...