Here as we know that there is no loss of energy
so we can say that maximum kinetic energy will become gravitational potential energy at its maximum height
So here we have
here we have
v = 20 m/s
m = 8000 kg
now from above equation we have
so maximum height is 20.4 m
Answer:
Explanation:
The gravitational force exerted on the satellites is given by the Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation:
Where M is the mass of the earth, m is the mass of a satellite, R the radius of its orbit and G is the gravitational constant.
Also, we know that the centripetal force of an object describing a circular motion is given by:
Where m is the mass of the object, v is its speed and R is its distance to the center of the circle.
Then, since the gravitational force is the centripetal force in this case, we can equalize the two expressions and solve for v:
Finally, we plug in the values for G (6.67*10^-11Nm^2/kg^2), M (5.97*10^24kg) and R for each satellite. Take in account that R is the radius of the orbit, not the distance to the planet's surface. So and
(Since
). Then, we get:
In words, the orbital speed for satellite A is 7667m/s (a) and for satellite B is 7487m/s (b).
