Grade Upto college level Engineering Entrance Exams
A missile is launched with a velocity less than the escape velocity. The sum of its kinetic and potential energy is
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) may be positive or negative
sumit kumar
12 Years agoGrade Upto college level
2 Answers
Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy is negative. This is because for the velocity less than escape velocity the missile is bounded due to the gravitational field of the earth. Hence its total energy is negative.
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Vikas TU
6 Years ago
The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy is negative. This is because for the velocity less than escape velocity the missile is bounded due to gravitational field of the earth.
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