Question

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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)

Answer 1

The radio signal is travelling at
\[v=3*10^8 m/s\]The signal has to travel a total distance equal to
\[d=3.54 *10^7 m\]
To figure out how long it takes, you simply divide the distance by the velocity:
\[t=d/v=\frac{ 3.54*10^7 m }{ 3*10^8 m/s }\]