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If the satellite is stopped suddenly in its orbit which is at a distnace = radius of earth from earth’s surface and allowed to fall freely into the earth, the speed with which it hits the surface of earth will be -

A

7.919 m/sec

B

7.919 km/sec

C

11.2 km/sec

D

11.2 km/sec

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