Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game," by
Richard Connell.
The descriptive language presents a visual image of a room
that is
The dining room to which Ivan conducted him was in many
ways remarkable. There was a medieval magnificence
about it; it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with its
oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory table where
twoscore men could sit down to eat. About the hall were
mounted heads of many animals lions, tigers, elephants,
moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford
had never seen. At the great table the general was sitting,
alone.

To place a communications satellite into a geosynchronous orbit at an altitude of 22,240 mi above the surface of the earth, the satellite first is released from a space shuttle , which is in a circular orbit at an altitude of 185 mi, and then is propelled by an upper-stage booster to its final altitude. as the satellite passes through a, the booster's motor is fired to insert the satellite into an elliptic transfer orbit. the booster is again fired at b to insert the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit. knowing that the second firing increases the speed of the satellite by 4810ft/s, determine (a.) the speed of the satellite as it approaches b on the elliptic transfer orbit, (b.) the increase in speed resulting from the first firing at a.