What is the moons centripetal acceleration

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The moon revolves aound the Earth in 27.3 days in nearly circular orbit with a radius of 3.8*10^8 m. Assuming the moon's orbital motion is uniform circular motion, what is the moon's centripetal acceleration? (Re=6.36*10^6 m, Me=5.98*10^24 kg, the mass of the moon is 7.4*10^22 kg.)

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