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Question 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)

  • A.8.00 x 106ms-1
  • B.1.13 x104ms-1
  • C.3.58x102ms-1
  • D.5.59 x10-2ms-1
  • E.3.95x10-2ms-1
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1993
Question no.
#33
Type
Objective
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