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Given mass of the moon is 1/81 of the mass of the earth and corresponding radius is 1/4 of the earth. If escape velocity on the earth surface is 11.2 km / s , the value of same on the surface of the moon is

A

0.14 km/s

B

0.5 km/s

C

2.5 km/s

D

5 km/s

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