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A satellite of mass 5100 kg orbits the Earth (mass = 6.0 1024 kg) and has a period of 5600 s. (a) Find the magnitude of the Earth's gravitational force on the satellite. (b) Find the altitude of the satellite. I tried to use Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation but it didn't work because there are two unknowns.

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