WAEC - Physics (1993 - No. 33)

Calculate the escape velocity of a satellite launched from the earth’s surface (Take g as 10ms-2 and the radius of the earth as 6.4 x 106m)
8.00 x 106ms-1
1.13 x104ms-1
3.58x102ms-1
5.59 x10-2ms-1
3.95x10-2ms-1

Explanation

V = 2gr

= 2 x 10 x 6.4 x 106

1.13 x 104ms-1

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