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alexira [117]
3 years ago
10

Wonder Woman and Superman fly to an altitude of 1690 km , carrying between them a chest full of jewels that they intend to put i

nto orbit around Earth. They want to make this tempting treasure inaccessible to their evil enemies who are trying to gain possession of it, yet keep it available for themselves for future use when they retire and settle down. But perhaps the time to retire is now! They accidentally drop the chest, which leaves their weary hands at rest, and discover that they are no longer capable of catching it as it falls into the Pacific Ocean. At what speed does the chest impact the surface of the water? Ignore air resistance, although in the real world it would make a world of difference. The radius and mass of Earth are 6370 km and 5.98×1024 kg , respectively.
Physics
1 answer:
Arturiano [62]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

5120 m/s

Explanation:

The acceleration due to gravity is:

g = MG / r²

where M is the mass of the earth, G is the universal constant of gravitation, and r is the distance from the earth's center to the object's center.

Here, r = h + R, where h is the height of the chest above the surface and R is the radius of the earth.

g = MG / (h + R)²

Acceleration is the derivative of velocity:

dv/dt = MG / (h + R)²

Using chain rule, we can say:

(dv/dh) (dh/dt) = MG / (h + R)²

(dv/dh) v = MG / (h + R)²

Separate the variables:

v dv = MG / (h + R)² dh

Integrating:

∫₀ᵛ v dv = MG ∫₀ʰ dh / (h + R)²

½ v² |₀ᵛ = -MG / (h + R) |₀ʰ

½ (v² − 0²) = -MG / (h + R) − -MG / (0 + R)

½ v² = -MG / (h + R) + MG / R

½ v² = MGh / (R(h + R))

v² = 2MGh / (R(h + R))

Given:

M = 5.98×10²⁴ kg

R = 6.37×10⁶ m

h = 1.69×10⁶ m

G = 6.67×10⁻¹¹ m³/kg/s²

Plugging in:

v² = 2 (5.98×10²⁴) (6.67×10⁻¹¹) (1.69×10⁶) / ((6.37×10⁶) (1.69×10⁶ + 6.37×10⁶))

v² = 2 (5.98) (6.67) (1.69) / ((6.37) (1.69 + 6.37)) × 10⁷

v ≈ 5120 m/s

Notice that if we had approximated g as a constant 9.8 m/s², we would have gotten an answer of:

v² = v₀² + 2a(x - x₀)

v² = (0 m/s)² + 2 (9.8 m/s²) (1.69×10⁶ m - 0 m)

v ≈ 5760 m/s

So we know that our calculated velocity of 5120 m/s is a reasonable answer.

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