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Radio signals travel at a rate of 3 × 108 meters per second. How many seconds will it take for a radio signal to travel from a satellite to the surface of the Earth if the satellite is orbiting at a height of 3.6 × 107 meters?

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Answer:

0.12 seconds

Explanation:

speed = distance / time

so time = distance / speed

time taken = 3.6 * 10^7 / 3 * 10^8

= 1.2 * 10^-1 seconds

= 0.12 seconds answer

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