Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 338

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-In a computer simulation, a satellite orbits around Earth at a distance from the Earth's surface of 2.4 x 104 miles. The orbit is circular, and one revolution around Earth takes 10.1 days. Assuming the radius of the Earth is 3960
Miles, find the linear speed of the satellite. Express the answer in miles per hour to the nearest whole mile.

• A) 115 mph
• B) 725 mph
• C) 15,322 mph
• D) 622 mph

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Definitions:

Curse Of Knowledge

A cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, knowing something, finds it hard to think about the subject from the perspective of someone less knowledgeable.

Susceptibility

The likelihood or tendency to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing or condition.

Egocentrism

The inability to differentiate between self and other, often resulting in viewing the world solely from one's own perspective.

Conservation

The understanding that certain properties of an object or substance remain the same even when its appearance changes, a concept grasped during the concrete operational stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development.