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The radius in kilometre to which the present radius of earth (R = 6400 km) to be compressed so that the escape velocity is increased 10 times is ____________

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64 km

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Escape velocity =2GMR 

we know mass remain unchanged 

VeVe =ReRe  

10VeVe=6400Re 

Re=64km

 

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