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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

`4 km//s`

B

`8km//s`

C

`2km//s`

D

`6km//s`

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