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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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)

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

\[Time = \frac{ Distance }{ Speed }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

explain?... @Isaiah.Feynman

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

Sure, |dw:1402528532922:dw|

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

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.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok so whats the answer..

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

Before I proceed, did you understand?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes.

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

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

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