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Suppose a rocket is fired vertically upward from the surface of Earth with one-half of the escape speed.How far from the center of Earth will it reach before it begins to fall back? (Let g = 9.8 m/s2 and RE = 6370 km.)


A) 1.3 ×\times 104 km
B) 8.5 ×\times 103 km
C) 9.6 ×\times 103 km
D) 2.6 ×\times 104 km
E) 1.9 ×\times 104 km

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