Question: From the starting point of the geosynchronous orbit code, turn the script into a function that takes four inputs (1) a starting velocity, (2) a

From the starting point of the geosynchronous orbit code, turn the script into a function that takes four inputs (1) a starting velocity, (2) a starting position, (3) the size of the time step, and (4) a total run time and returns the ratio of the distance from the satellite to the Earth at the end of the simulation over the distance from the satellite to the center of the Earth at the start of the simulation. Also make a second version of this same function that does not use the Verlet algorithm, but instead (1) updates the position using the velocity in one step and then (2) updates the velocity using the force in a second step

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