College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 5 - Problems - Page 187: 33

Answer

The average linear speed of the earth about the sun is $30~km/s$

Work Step by Step

Let the orbital radius be $1.5\times 10^{11}~m$ We can find the average linear speed of the earth about the sun: $v = \frac{d}{t}$ $v = \frac{2\pi~r}{t}$ $v = \frac{(2\pi)(1.5\times 10^{11}~m)}{(365)(24)(3600~s)}$ $v = 30,000~m/s = 30~km/s$ The average linear speed of the earth about the sun is $30~km/s$
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