A radio signal travels at 3.00 • 108 meters per second. How many seconds will it take for a radio signal to travel from a satellite to the surface of Earth if the satellite is orbiting at a height of 3.54 • 107 meters? Show your work. (3 points)

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A radio signal travels at 3.00 • 108 meters per second. How many seconds will it take for a radio signal to travel from a satellite to the surface of Earth if the satellite is orbiting at a height of 3.54 • 107 meters? Show your work.  (3 points)

isaiah.feynman · Answer

$$Time = \frac{ Distance }{ Speed }$$

anonymous · Answer

explain?... @Isaiah.Feynman

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Sure, |dw:1402528532922:dw|

isaiah.feynman · Answer

We want to know how long the signal would go from the satellite to Earth...in order to do that we need that formula I showed. In this case the distance is the height of the satellite from Earth.

anonymous · Answer

Ok so whats the answer..

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Before I proceed, did you understand?

anonymous · Answer

Yes.

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Awesome, you can substitute known values in the formula to get the final answer.