Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Danielle on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:14pm.

As a moon follows its orbit around a planet, the maximum gravitational force exerted on the moon by the planet exceeds the minimum gravitational force by 28.2 %. Find the ratio rmax/rmin, where rmax is the moon's maximum distance from the center of the planet and rmin is the minimum distance.

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