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An artificial satellite is describing an equatorial orbit at `3600 km` above the earth's surface. Calculate its period of revolution? Take earth radius `6400km`.

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`8.71` hrs

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`9.71` hrs

C

`10.71` hrs

D

`11.71` hrs

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