Many people assume air resistance acting on a moving object will always make the object slow...

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Many people assume air resistance acting on a moving object willalways make the object slow down. It can, however, actually beresponsible for making the object speed up. Consider a 310-kg Earthsatellite in a circular orbit at an altitude of 335 km. A smallforce of air resistance makes the satellite drop into a circularorbit with an altitude of 200 km. (Use the following values: G =6.67 10-11 m3 kg−1 s−2, mass of the Earth 5.98 1024 kg, radius ofthe Earth 6.37 106 m.)

(a) Calculate the satellite's initial speed.
_________ m/s

(b) Calculate its final speed in this process.
_________ m/s

(c) Calculate the initial energy of the satellite-Earth system.(Use the exact values you enter in previous answer(s) to make latercalculation(s). Round your answer to two decimal places.)
_________×109 J

(d) Calculate the final energy of the system. (Use the exact valuesyou enter in previous answer(s) to make later calculation(s). Roundyour answer to two decimal places.)
_________ ×109 J

(e) Show that the system has lost mechanical energy.

Find the amount of the loss due to friction. (Round your answer toone decimal place.)
___________ ×108 J

(f) What force makes the satellite's speed increase? Hint:You will find a free-body diagram useful in explaining youranswer.

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Remember that total radius is from center of the Earth not surface altitude Using Keplers circular mechanics Do not use circular motion equations They will give you incorrect answers as they do not apply to orbits Given values Me 598E24 kg Re 6370000 m G 667E11 m3kgs2 m 310 kg Ri 6705000 m Rf 6570000 m g 981 ms2 Where Me Mass of the Earth Re Radius of the Earth G Universal Gravitational    See Answer
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