Answer:
a) 
b) 
Explanation:
Part a
For this case we can begin finding the period like this:

Then we know that the centripetal acceleration is given by:

And the velocity is given by:

If we replace this into the acceleration we got:

And we can replace the values and we got:

Part b
For this case we want to find a value of k such that:

Where a = 9.74, so then we can solve for k like this:

Answer:
Explanation:
The center of mass lies on a line that joins position 4 of one start with position 4 of the other star. The shortest distance between these two points will produce the largest velocity. You are using F = m v^2/R
Small R = large force.
Large Force = increased speed.
The masses don't have any effect on the outcome: they remain constant.
<em>Anything</em> that's dropped through air is somewhat affected by air resistance. But, out of that list, the leaf and the balloon are the items that will be affected by air resistance enough so that you can plainly see it.
If you spend some time thinking about it, you can kind of understand why airplane wings and boat propellers are shaped more like leafs and balloons than like bricks and rocks.
Because you would fall so slow that you would not need one.
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