A satellite travels around the earth in a circulsr orbit 700 kilometres above the earth's surface. Find the radius of the satellite's orbit if the radius of the earth is 6400 kilometres. Also find the distance traveled by the satellite in one orbit of da earth. Express answer in standard form.
r = 6400 + 700 = 7100km
C = 2πr = ...
No idea what "standard form" is.
To find the radius of the satellite's orbit, we can subtract the radius of the Earth from the total distance between the satellite and the Earth's surface.
Given:
Radius of the Earth (R) = 6400 km
Distance of the satellite from Earth's surface = 700 km
Radius of the satellite's orbit = Radius of Earth + Distance of satellite from Earth's surface
Radius of the satellite's orbit = 6400 km + 700 km = 7100 km.
Therefore, the radius of the satellite's orbit is 7100 km.
To find the distance traveled by the satellite in one orbit around the Earth, we use the formula for the circumference of a circle.
Circumference of a circle = 2 x π x Radius
Distance traveled by the satellite in one orbit = 2 x π x Radius of the satellite's orbit
Distance traveled by the satellite in one orbit = 2 x 3.14 x 7100 km
Distance traveled by the satellite in one orbit ≈ 44,652 km.
Therefore, the distance traveled by the satellite in one orbit of the Earth is approximately 44,652 km.
Expressed in standard form, the distance would be 4.4652 x 10^4 km.