Two identical satellites are in orbit about the earth. As the drawing shows, one orbit has a

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Two identical satellites are in orbit about the earth. As the drawing
shows, one orbit has a radius r and the other 2r. The centripetal force on the satellite in the larger orbit is ________ as that on the satellite in the smaller orbit.

(a) The same

(b) Twice as great

(c) Four times as great

(d) Half as great

(e) One-fourth as great

2r Earth

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Physics

ISBN: 9781119539636

11th Edition

Authors: John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson, David Young, Shane Stadler

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