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A satellite of mass 100 kg is lifted from the surface of the Earth to a height equal to the Earth's radius. Take g = 10 m/s² at the surface and the Earth's radius as 6400 km. The increase in its gravitational potential energy, in megajoules, is ____.
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A satellite of mass
100
kg
100\ \text{kg}
100
kg
is lifted from the surface of the Earth to a height equal to the Earth's radius. Take
g
=
10
m/s
2
g = 10\ \text{m/s}^2
g
=
10
m/s
2
at the surface and the Earth's radius as
6400
km
6400\ \text{km}
6400
km
. The increase in its gravitational potential energy, in megajoules, is ____.
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