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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. please help :(

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3.00 = 3
3x108= 324 meters per second
3.54x107=378.78 meters
It would be 2 seconds or 1.1 seconds to be precise.

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