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what will happen if we travel with a speed of 11.2 km/s on

roadways / railways

Profile image of anesh krishna
15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

This is equal to the escape velocity(actually speed, not velocity). So the person will "teke off" like an airplane, and ignoring the gravity of all other objects in the universe, will go to an infinite distance from the earth.