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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})}$
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