document.write( "Question 427592: thw time in hours it takesa a satellilite to complete an orbit around the earth varies directly as the radius of the orbit from the center of earth and inversly as the orbital velocity . if a satellite completes an orbit 780 miles above the earth in 11 hours at a velocity of 25000 mph, how long would it take a satellite to complete an orbit if it is at 1700 miles above the earth at a velocity of 32000mph? use 3960 miles as the radius of the earth and round your answer to the nearest hundreth of an hour. \n" ); document.write( "

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thw time in hours it takesa a satellilite to complete an orbit around the earth varies directly as the radius of the orbit from the center of earth and inversly as the orbital velocity . if a satellite completes an orbit 780 miles above the earth in 11 hours at a velocity of 25000 mph, how long would it take a satellite to complete an orbit if it is at 1700 miles above the earth at a velocity of 32000mph? use 3960 miles as the radius of the earth and round your answer to the nearest hundreth of an hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can solve this simply with proportions:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(1700+3960)/(780+3960)*(25000/32000)*11=hours to complete orbit
\n" ); document.write( "(5660/4740)(25000/32000)(11)=10.26 hours
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\n" ); document.write( "It takes a satellite 10.26 hours to complete an orbit around the earth if it is at 1700 miles above the earth at a velocity of 32000 mph \n" ); document.write( "

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