What s the rate of acceleration of gravity?
2 answers:
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Answer:
Force
Explanation:
The mass of an object is the quantity of matter it contains. It is measured in kilograms.
Acceleration is the ratio of the change in the velocity of an object to the change in time. It is measured in m/.
When the mass of an object is multiplied with its acceleration, this gives the average force applied on the object. As force is defined as agent that can change the state of an object.
i.e F = m × a
where F is the force, m is the mass of the object and a its acceleration.
The two major classes of force are; contact force and field force.
Answer:
c)At a distance greater than r
Explanation:
For a satellite in orbit around the Earth, the gravitational force provides the centripetal force that keeps the satellite in motion:
where
G is the gravitational constant
M is the Earth's mass
m is the satellite's mass
r is the distance between the satellite and the Earth's centre
v is the speed of the satellite
Re-arranging the equation, we write
so we see from the equation that when the speed is higher, the distance from the Earth's centre is smaller, and when the speed is lower, the distance from the Earth's centre is larger.
Here, the second satellite orbit the Earth at a speed less than v: this means that its orbit will have a larger radius than the first satellite, so the correct answer is
c)At a distance greater than r