A baseball is placed exactly halfway between the Earth and the moon. What direct

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A baseball is placed exactly halfway between the Earth and the moon. What direction would it move and what evidence would support this? It would move toward the Earth because the larger mass has a stronger field around it. It would not move at all because Newton's first law of motion says that it will stay at rest It would move toward the moon because like objects are more attracted to each other It would move toward the Earth because of Newton's 3rd law action reaction forces It would not move because Newton's laws say the forces are equal and opposite

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It would move towards the Earth because of Newton's 3rd law action reaction forces

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