Escape velocity from Earth is 11.2 km/s. Another planet of same mass has radius 
times that of Earth. What is the escape velocity from this planet?
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At a certain velocity of projection the body will go out of the gravitational field of the earth
and will never return of the earth, this velocity is known as escape velocity
Given, 
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