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Two satellites 'A' and 'B' are revolving with critical velocities ' \(\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{A}}\) ' and ' \(\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{B}}\) ' around the earth, in circular orbits of radii ' \(\mathrm{R}\) ' and ' \(2 \mathrm{R}^{\prime}\), respectively. The ratio \(\frac{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{A}}^{\prime}}{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{B}}}\) is

  1. A \(2: 1\)
  2. B \(\sqrt{2}: 1\)
  3. C \(1: 2\)
  4. D \(1: \sqrt{2}\)
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(B) \(\sqrt{2}: 1\)

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Critical velocity of the satellite is given by
\( \begin{aligned} \mathrm{V} &=\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{GM}}{\mathrm{r}}} \\ \therefore \frac{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{A}}}{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{B}}} &=\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{R}}{\mathrm{R}}}=\sqrt{2} \end{aligned} \)
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