Question

A satellite is in an approximately circular orbit 36,000 kilometers from Earth’s surface. The radius of Earth is about 6400 kilometers. What is the circumference of the satellite’s orbit? Round to the nearest whole kilometer, if necessary.
that would be, of course,
6400 + 36000 = ______ km
42400

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