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Using that method, I got something like 0.207, which is not 0.225 but close? I don't like that it's not exact. This is really going to throw me off.

Force = (6.6726x10^-11)(5.98x10^24)/(6.38x10^6)^2 ... this is not correct. What do I do? I tried adding the distance from the satellite to Earth surface, and the distance from the satellite to the middle of the Earth to r^2 and that didn't help. Plus, force isn't acceleration. Is that still the...

Force = G(m2+m1)/r^2 but this does not give acceleration. F=ma requires mass of the sattelite which i do not have.

This stuff is so confusing! I really wish I were better at math... I had to take precalc math twice, so please try and dumb this down for me. 1. Homework Statement Communication satellites orbit the Earth at a height of 35700km above the Earth's surface. What is the acceleration of an object...