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The initial velocity 
required to project a body vertically upward from the surface of the earth to reach a height of 
, where 
is the radius of the earth, may be described in terms of escape velocity 
such that 
. The value of 
will be
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10
(10) JEE Main 2021
Here 
radius of the earth
From energy conservation
escape velocity 
Then the value of 
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