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For a satellite escape velocity is 11 km/s. If the satellite is launched at an angle of 60$^{\circ}$ with the vertical, then escape velocity will be

Updated On: Jun 9, 2024
  • 11 km/s
  • $11 \sqrt 3 \,km /s$
  • $ \frac{11}{\sqrt 3 }\, km /s$
  • 33 km/s
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Escape velocity isn't actually a velocity at all. It's a speed a scalar quantity. So, no direction is presumed and so it applies to any direction.
Hence $v=11\,km/s$ projected velocity or otherwise.
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