7.Gravitation
medium

Assuming that the gravitational potential energy of an object at inflinity is zero, the change in potential energy (final-initial) of an object of mass $\mathrm{m}$, when to a height $h$ from the surface of earth (of radius $\mathrm{R}$ ), is given

A

$-\frac{\mathrm{GMm}}{\mathrm{R}+\mathrm{h}}$

B

$\frac{\mathrm{GMmh}}{\mathrm{R}(\mathrm{R}+\mathrm{h})}$

C

$mgh$

D

$\frac{\mathrm{GMm}}{\mathrm{R}+\mathrm{h}}$

(NEET-2019)

Solution

$\Delta \mathrm{U}=-\mathrm{GMm}\left[\frac{1}{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{f}}}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{i}}}\right]$$=-\mathrm{GMm}\left[\frac{1}{\mathrm{R}+\mathrm{h}}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{R}}\right]$$=\frac{\mathrm{GMmh}}{\mathrm{R}(\mathrm{R}+\mathrm{h})}$

Standard 11
Physics

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