A satellite orbits the Earth once every 6.0 hours in a circle. What is the radius of the orbit if it is a 2000. Kg satellite?

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1.7 × 107 m

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An object has a mass of 60 kg on Earth. What are the mass and weight of this object on the surface of the Moon where the acceleration of objects due to the gravitational attraction is only 1/6 of what it is on Earth?

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A hockey puck traveling at speed v on essentially frictionless ice collides elastically with one end of a straight stick lying flat on the ice. In this collision

A. momentum is conserved. B. angular momentum is conserved. C. energy is conserved. D. all of the above are conserved. E. only momentum and angular momentum are conserved.

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Standing waves of sound are employed in a

A) guitar. B) flute. C) clarinet. D) all of the above E) none of the above

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If the temperature of a sample of water at 0°C is slightly increased, its volume

A) increases. B) decreases. C) remains the same.

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