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Gravitational potential and potential energy
Question

A ball of mass m is fired vertically upwards from the surface of the earth with velocity nve where ve is the escape velocity and n > 1. To what height will the ball rise? Neglecting, air resistance, take radius of the earth as R 

Moderate
Solution

12mv2=GMmRGMmR+h=GMmhR(R+h)=mghRR+h

 Since v=nve and ve=2gR, hence, h=Rn21-n2

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