Question: ( a ) Write an expression for the force exerted by the Moon, mass ( M ) , on a particle of water,

(a)Write an expression for the force exerted by the Moon, mass \( M \), on a particle of water, mass \( m \) on the earth \( s \) surface directly beneath the moon and lying on the line connecting the center of the earth with the center of the Moon. Take the radius of the earth to be \( R \), and the distance between the center of the earth and the center of the Moon to be \( r \).(b) Suppose that the particle of water was instead at the center of the earth. What force would the Moon exert on it there? (c) Show that the difference in these forces is given by
\[
F_{T}=\frac{2 G M m R}{r^{3}}
\]
And represents the tidal force, the force on water, relative to the earth, caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. What is the direction of the tidal force? (d) Repeat for a particle on the far side of the earth, lying on the same line connecting the earth-Moon centers. What the direction of this tidal force? (e) Explain why there are two tidal bulges in the oceans (and in the earth s crust), one pointing toward the Moon, and the other away from it.
( a ) Write an expression for the force exerted

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