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 411: 51

Answer

$7.91\frac{Km}{s}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $v_i=\sqrt{\frac{GM_E}{R_E}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_i=\sqrt{\frac{6.67\times 10^{-11}(5.97\times 10^{24})}{6.37\times 10^6}}$ $v_i=7910\frac{m}{s}$ $\implies v_i=7.91\frac{Km}{s}$
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