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: 83

Answer

$1.71\times 10^7m$

Work Step by Step

We know that $r=(\frac{GMT^2}{4\pi ^2})^{\frac{1}{3}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $r=(\frac{(6.67\times 10^{-11})(0.108\times 5.97\times 10^{24})(8.86424\times 10^4)}{4\pi^2})^{\frac{1}{3}}=2.05\times 10^7m$ Now we can find the required altitude as $h=r-R$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $h=2.05\times 10^7-0.3394\times 10^7$ $h=1.71\times 10^7m$
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