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Subject: NSEP
Chapter: Gravitation

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A bullet is fired vertically up with half the escape speed from the...

A bullet is fired vertically up with half the escape speed from the surface of the Earth. The maximum altitude reached by it (ignore the effect of rotation of the Earth) in terms of radius of Earth

R

is

Options

A $\frac{R}{3}$
B $\frac{R}{2}$
C $R$
D $\frac{2 R}{3}$

Correct answer

A. $\frac{R}{3}$

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