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A planet in a distant solar system is 10 times more massive than the earth and its radius is 10 times smaller. Given that the escape velocity from the earth is `11 kms^(-1)`, the escape velocity from the surface of the planet would be

A

`0.11" km s"^(-1)`

B

`1.1 "km s"^(-1)`

C

`11 "km s"^(-1)`

D

`110 "km s"^(-1)`

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D
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