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CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 2007 · Paper 2 · Question 5(a)(ii)

This question is about energy and motion.

A satellite is launched from the ground and placed in an orbit with a height of 900 km. Why does the equation ΔE_p = mgh NOT apply to this situation?

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