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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    Thank you both very much. :)
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    Okay, so how do I solve it?
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    This is a conservation of energy question.
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    If it was, wouldn't work always be 0 then?
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    Change in kinetic energy, as I understand it.
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    They want the kinetic work, so the change in kinetic energy is the answer. I think.
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    Sorry, I still don't understand how to solve this.
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    Calculating Work to Put Spacecraft in Orbit

    Homework Statement How much work is done moving a 1500 kg spacecraft from the Earth's surface into a fixed orbit at a height of 300 km above the Earth's surface? Homework Equations Eg = -Gm1m2/r Ek = 1\2mv^2 mass of earth: 5.98 x 10^24 kg radius of earth: 6.38 x 10^6 m The...
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    Grade 12 Centripetal Acceleration Question- Universal Law of Gravitation

    Oh, alright, thank you!
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    Grade 12 Centripetal Acceleration Question- Universal Law of Gravitation

    I'm pretty sure I'm only supposed to use information provided from the question though..
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    Grade 12 Centripetal Acceleration Question- Universal Law of Gravitation

    Homework Statement In the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom, the electron revolves around the nucleus. If the radius of the orbit is 5.8 z 10^-11 m and the electron makes 6.6 x 10^15 r/s, find; a) the acceleration of the electron b) the magnitude of the gravitational force of attraction...
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    A Physics Kinematics Grade 11 question

    Thanks for all your help, guys. I figured out the problem. Thanks for your time and help. :)
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    A Physics Kinematics Grade 11 question

    Thank you! I'll try that! Thanks so much for your time and help
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    A Physics Kinematics Grade 11 question

    Um.. I don't know what you mean! I'm sorry, I don't know what the mini-van equation is.. Could you perhaps explain it a little more?
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    A Physics Kinematics Grade 11 question

    Homework Statement Emanual Zacchini was shot over three ferris wheels, landing in a net at the same height from which he was shot. Given his initial velocity of 27m/s [53degrees U of R] and range of 69m, find a) his maximum height reached b) the time spent in air, using two different...