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Q.

A missile is launched with a velocity more than the escape velocity. The sum of its kinetic and potential energy is 

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a

Negative

b

May be positive or negative depending upon its initial velocity

c

Zero

d

Positive

answer is A.

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If missile launched with escape velocity then it will escape from the gravitational field and at infinity its total energy becomes zero.

But if the velocity of projection is more than escape velocity then sum of energies will be positive. This shows that attractive force is less and at infinity it has still some kinetic energy.

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