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The masses and radii of the Earth and the Moon are `M_1, R_1 and M_2,R_2` respectively. Their centres are at a distance d apart. The minimum speed with which a particel of mass m should be projected from a point midway between the two centres so as to escape to infinity is ........

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`2sqrt((G)/(d)(M_(1) + M_(2)))`

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`sqrt((G)/(d)(M_(1) + M_(2)))`

C

`sqrt((G)/(2d)(M_(1) + M_(2)))`

D

`2sqrt((G)/(d)(M_(1))/(M_(2)))`

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