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 413: 85

Answer

$v_A=0.885m/s$

Work Step by Step

We know that $r_A=\sqrt{r_B^2+r^2}$ $\implies r_A=\sqrt{(1.50\times 10^3m)^2+(3.00\times 10^3m)^2}$ $\implies r_A=3.35\times 10^3m$ Now $v_A=\sqrt{v_B^2+4GM(\frac{1}{r_A}-\frac{1}{r_B})}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_A=\sqrt{(0.905m/s)^2+4(6.67\times 10^{-11}Nm^2/Kg^2)(3.5\times 10^{11}Kg[\frac{1}{3.35\times 10^3m}-\frac{1}{1.5\times 10^3m}]}$ This simplifies to: $v_A=0.885m/s$
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