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On the surface of the Earth, the escape velocity is about 11.2 kilometers per second 06.96 mi/s), which is approximately 34 times the speedof sound(Mach34) andseveral timesthemuzzlevelocity ofarifle bullet (up to 1.7 km/s). However, at 9,000 km altitude in "space", it is slightly less than 7.1 km/s. In physics,escapevelocityisthespeedatwhichthe kinetic energy plus the gravitational potential energy of an object is zero.
Match Column I and Column II and choose the correct match from the given choice