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What is a period of revolution of the earth satellite ? Ignore the height of satellite above the surface of the earth.
Given,
(i) the value of gravitational acceleration, `g = 10 ms^(-2)`
(ii) radius of the earth, `R_(g) =6400` km (take, `pi = 3.14`)

A

85 min

B

156 min

C

83.73 min

D

90 min

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C
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