The change in the gravitational potentia...

The change in the gravitational potential energy when a body of mass m is raised to a height nR above the surface of the earth is (here R is the radius of the earth)

`((n)/(n+1))mgR`

`(n/(n-1))mgR`

`nmgR`

`(mgR)/n`

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