I'm really struggling trying to understand what formulas to use for the following:

A satellite orbits the earth with a radius of 7000 km. (a) what is the acceleration of gravity at this distance? (b) what is the velocity of the satellite? (c) how long does it take the satellite to make one orbit.
Can someone help please?

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