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The change in the gravitational potential energy when a body of mass m is raised to a height nR above the surface of the earth is (here R is the radius of the earth)
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\([\frac{n}{n+1}]mgR\)
\([\frac{n}{n-1}]mgR\)
nmgR
\(\frac{mgR}{n}\)
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\([\frac{n}{n+1}]mgR\)
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