008 10.0 points The Earth's radius is about 6380 km. The space shuttle is orbiting about 278.0 km above Earth's surface. If the average speed of the space shuttle is 25500 km/h, find the time required for it to circle Earth. Answer in units of h. 009 10.0 points A car is traveling at 25.8 m/s on a straight horizontal highway, which we assume extends from our left to our right. The wheels of the car have radii of 26 cm.
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0 km above the surface. Circumference = 2 * π * (radius of Earth + height of orbit) Circumference = 2 * π * (6380 + 278) km Circumference = 2 * π * 6658 km Circumference ≈ 41888.8 km Show more…
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