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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 7. gravitation

Earth has mass 8 times and radius 2 times that of a planet. If the escape velocity from the earth is \(11.2 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{s}\), the escape velocity in \(\mathrm{km} / \mathrm{s}\) from the planet will be :

  1. A \(2.8\)
  2. B \(11.2\)
  3. C \(5.6\)
  4. D \(8.4\)
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(C) \(5.6\)

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\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{V}_{\text {escape }}=\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{GM}}{\mathrm{R}}} \\ & \frac{\left(\mathrm{V}_{\text {escape }}\right)_{\text {Planet }}}{\left(\mathrm{V}_{\text {escape }}\right)_{\text {Earth…

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