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The International Space Station is traveling 7800 m/s. Its orbit has a circumference of 44,460,000 meters. How many minutes will it take the space station to complete one orbit?

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Answer:

Velocity = Distance

Time

Circumference is otherwise known as distance, thus V = C/T

Substitute the values and you get the answer.

T = C/V

T = 44460000

7800

T = 5700 seconds

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