Enrique is given information about a satellite orbiting earth. r = 3.8 × 108 m t = 18 days in order to calculate the tangential speed of the satellite, what should enrique do first? convert the radius to kilometers convert the orbital period to seconds find the square root of the radius find the square root of the orbital period

The correct answer is 'to convert the orbital period to seconds.'

Explanation:

The tangential speed of the satellite = v

Distance covered by the satellite =

r = radius of the orbit of the satellite =

Time taken by the satellite to complete one complete orbit= T= 18 days

Speed is measured in meter per seconds, so first thing to do is to convert time into seconds from days.

T = 18 days = 18 × 24 × 60 × 60 seconds = 1,555,200 seconds

Speed=