Calculate the time it takes for a signal to travel

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A geostationary communications satellite orbits the earth directly above the equator at an altitude of 35,800 km. Calculate the time it takes for a signal to travel from a point on the equator to the satellite and back to the ground at another point on the equator exactly halfway around the earth.

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