Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 12 - Gravity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 410: 29

Answer

$v=3.07\frac{Km}{s}$

Work Step by Step

We can find the velocity as $v=\sqrt{\frac{GM_E}{R_E+h}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=\sqrt{\frac{(6.67\times 10^{-11})(5.97\times 10^{24})}{6.37\times 10^6+3.58\times 10^7}}$ $v=3070\frac{m}{s}$ $v=3.07\frac{Km}{s}$
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