Question

A radio signal travels at 3.00 • 10^8 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. sorry, i meant to put 10^8, not 108 :(

Answer 1

d = vt => t = d/v
t = (3.54 x 10⁷)/(3.00 * 10⁸) = 0.118 sec