7.Gravitation
medium

The kinetic energy needed to project a body of mass $m$ from the earth surface (radius $R$) to infinity is

A

$mgR/2$

B

$2\, mgR$

C

$mgR$

D

$mgR/4$

(AIEEE-2002)

Solution

(c) $\frac{1}{2}mv_e^2 = \frac{1}{2}m\,\,2gR = mgR$

Standard 11
Physics

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