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The magnitude of the potential energy per unit mass of the object on the surface of earth is E. Then the escape velocity of the object is

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Magnitude of the potential energ per unit mass of the object at the surface of earth is
`(GM)/R=E` (given)
Escape velocity `v=sqrt((2GM)/R)=sqrt(2E)`
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