The mass of the moon is $1\%$ of the mass of the earth. The ratio of the gravitational pull of the earth on the moon and that of the moon on the earth will be

  • A
    $1 : 1$
  • B
    $1 : 10$
  • C
    $1 : 100$
  • D
    $2 : 1$

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