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A Rocket Coasts in an Elliptical Orbit About the Earth

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A rocket coasts in an elliptical orbit about the Earth.To attain escape velocity using the least amount of fuel in a brief firing time,should it fire off at the apogee,or at the perigee? (Hint: Let "Fd = change in KE" guide your thinking. )


A) perigee,where it is closest and fastest
B) apogee,where it is farthest and slowest
C) same either location

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