What can we say about the speed and therefore the kinetic energy of a satellite in circular orbit. The speed is always increasing and so is the kinetic energy.

The speed and the kinetic energy of a satellite in orbit never changes since gravity does no work on a satellite.

The speed is decreasing and the kinetic energy is also decreasing.

As part of an industrial process, air as an ideal gas at 10 bar, 400k expands at steady state through a valve to a pressure of 4 bar. the mass flow rate of air is 0.5 kg/s. the air then passes through a heat exchanger where it is cooled to a temperature of 295k with negligible change in pressure. the valve can be modeled as a throttling process, and kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. (a) for a control volume enclosing the valve and heat exchanger and enough of the local surroundings that the heat transfer occurs at the ambient temperature of 295 k, determine the rate of entropy production, in kw/k. (b) if the expansion valve were replaced by an adiabatic turbine operating isentropically, what would be the entropy production? compare the results of parts (a) and (b) and discuss.

Which statement correctly describes a step-up transformer? a. it increases the amount of electric energy available. b. it increases the voltage of an electric current. c. it changes direct current into alternating current. d. it has more loops of wire in its primary coil.

What is the magnitude of the acceleration vector which causes a particle to move from velocity −5i−2j m/s to −6i+ 7j m/s in 8 seconds. answer in m/s.