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Calculate the energy needed for moving a mass of `4 kg` from the centre of the earth to its surfáce (in multiple of `10^(8)` joule), if radius of the earth is `6400 km` and acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth is `g=10 m / (s)^(2)`.

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