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    Astronomy - ratio of the magnitude of the force of sun and moon gravity

    Thanks a bunch man for your explanation. It helped a lot. I had to read what you explained a few times to get it, but I think I'm starting to understand more. The only thing my calculator was doing wrong at the beginning was squaring the 1.5 * 10^8, going from 10^8 to 10^64. I figured that...
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    Astronomy - ratio of the magnitude of the force of sun and moon gravity

    Okay, upon doing a little more and not using my calculator I got the final answer down to 1.77 * 10^2, or 177. This seems high, could the ratio be 177?
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    Astronomy - ratio of the magnitude of the force of sun and moon gravity

    I redid it and got a different answer, I was doing the 1.50 * 10^8 squared wrong. So, how I plugged them in is: (1.989 * 10^33) * (1.47456 * 10^11) / (7.35 * 10^25) * (2.25 * 10^16) I got: 8.98 * 10^34 Now, I believe it should be a decimal number right? I have to insert the number into the...
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    Astronomy - ratio of the magnitude of the force of sun and moon gravity

    I've been reading and reading and trying to figure this out, but I just can't. Any help anyone can give will be appreciated. It is probably simple as hell, but for some reason my stupid brain can't get it.. The formula/equation is: What I have to do is: Now, I'm not looking for...
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