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 * 10^7 meters? show all the steps that you used to solve this problem.

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Answer 1

0.118 seconds

Explanation:

Data are given in the question

Radio travels meters per second = 3.00 × 10^8

Distance = 3.54 × 10^7 meters

Based on the given information, the number of seconds required to takes radio signal from the satellite to the surface of the earth is

As we know that

`Speed = (Distance)/(time)`

So,

`Time = (Distance)/(speed)`

`= (3.54 * 10^7 meters)/(3.00 * 10^8)`

= 0.118 seconds

We simply applied the general formula to determine the number of seconds taken