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Why is it best to perform an orbital inclination change at apoapsis?

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Wikipedia on its page on efficiency of orbital inclination change writes:

However, maximum efficiency of inclination changes are achieved at apoapsis, (or apogee), where orbital velocity V, is the lowest.

Could somebody elaborate on this statement?


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