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a particle is fired vertically upward from earth’s surface and it goes up to a height equal to earth’s radius. Find the initial speed of the particle

Urvashi Kaul , 8 Years ago
Grade 11
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Riddhish Bhalodia

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

this is a simple case of energy conversation but as the heights are very high we consider the potential energy between two masses m1, m2at separation R as
E = -Gm_1m_2/R
so considering M to be mass of earth and R being it’s radius.
and m being the mass of the object thrown (with velocity v) we apply energy conservation between two points as
-GMm/R + 1/2mv^2 = -GMm/2R
1/2mv^2 = GMm/2R
v = \sqrt{GM/R}

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