A) A) A satellite TV company broadcasts its signals from its earthbound broadcas

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A) A) A satellite TV company broadcasts its signals from its earthbound broadcast station to a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, 36000 km away, and from there back to Earth's surface.How much time elapses between the time the signal leaves the station and the time it is received by someone's satellite dish at home? __________seconds

B) Two students tandem-count from 0 to 10 while standing next to each other. It takes them 3.1 seconds.They then stand 34 meters apart and tandem count again. This time it takes them 4.1 seconds.How fast is the speed of sound as computed by the students? _______m/s

C) Pluto is 41 Astronomical Units from the Earth. 1 AU = 149597870691 meters. How long does it take to transmit a command from Earth to the New Horizons Space Probe as it passes Pluto? ______hours

Explanation / Answer

According to the chegg guidelines I am allowed to answer only 1 question at a time.

1) t = d/c = ( 2 * 36000 * 10 ^ 3 m ) / ( 3.00 * 10 ^ 8 m/s )

t = 0.240 seconds ===================ANSWER )

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