How far from the earth surface must the spacecraft be

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Question: When a spacecraft travels from the Earth to the Moon, both the Earth and the Moon exerts a gravitational force on the spacecraft. Eventually, the spacecraft reaches a point where the Moon's gravitational attraction overcomes the Earth's gravity.

1- How far from the Earth's surface must the spacecraft be for the gravitational forces from the Moon and the Earth to just cancel?

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