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The moon revolves around the earth once in `271/3` days. If the average distance between the earth and moon is 384000km , determine the orbital speed and the orbital angular velocity of the moon.

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`3.676xx10^3km*h^(-1); 9.57xx10^(-3) rad *h^(-1)`

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