An Introduction to Physical Science
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Chapter 17, Problem 13MC
The two daily high tides are due mainly to which of the following? (17.2)
- (a) the Earth’s rotational force lifting the ocean water away from the solid Earth
- (b) the differential gravitational attraction by the Moon because of the inverse-square relationship
- (c) gravitational forces between the Sun and the Earth
- (d) none of the preceding
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Chapter 17 Solutions
An Introduction to Physical Science
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