(a) Calculate the angular momentum of the Moon due to its orbital motion about Earth. In your calculation use, 3.84 x 10⁸ m as the average Earth-Moon distance and 2.36 x 10⁶ s as the period of the Moon in its orbit. (b) If the angular momentum of the Moon obeys Bohr’s quantization rule (L = nh/2π), determine the value of the quantum number n. (c) By what fraction would the Earth-Moon radius have to be increased to increase the quantum number by 1?

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