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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Gravitation
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An object of mass \(1 kg\) is taken to a height from the surface of earth which is equal to three times the radius of earth. The gain in potential energy of the object will be \(....MJ\)[If, \(g =10\,ms ^{-2}\) and radius of earth \(=6400\,km\) ]

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(A) \(48\)

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\(U _{ i }=\frac{- GMm }{ R }\)

\(U _{ f }=-\frac{ GMm }{4 R }\)

\(\Delta U = U _{ f }- U _{ i }=\frac{3 GMm }{4 R }\)

\(=\frac{3}{4} mgR\)

\(=\frac{3}{4} \times 1 \times 10 \times 64 \times 10^{5}\)

\(=48\,MJ\)

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