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The escape velocity on the surface of the earth is `11.2 km//s` . If the mass and radius of a planet 4 and 2 times more than that of the earth, What is escape velocity from the planet.

A

a)`11.2km//s`

B

b)`5.6km//s`

C

`c)5.6sqrt2km//s`

D

d)`22.4km/s`

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