Can you escape
Level
2
What will happen to the Escape velocity of Earth, if we move further away from it...
Reduces
Increses
Remains same
Cant tell it will increase or decrease
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1 solution
escape velocity = ( 2 g R)^(1/2). so at first sight one would be inclined to believe that the velocity increases on going away....... in fact, g is inversely proportional to (R^2), hence taking that into account we conclude that the velocity actually decreases