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The escape velocity from the earth’s surface is `11.2 km//s `The .escape velocity from the surface of the moon is ? Given that the mass of the earth is 80 times that of the moon and radius of the earth is 4 times that of the moon,

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a)`59.6km//s`

B

b)`59.6xx10km//s`

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c)`5.96km//s`

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`d)59.6xx10^2km//s`

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