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Assertion: Total energy is conserved in moving a satellite to higher orbit.
Reason : Sum of change in PE and KE is same in magnitude and opposite in nature.
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Reason : Sum of change in PE and KE is same in magnitude and opposite in nature.
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The correct answer is:
If assertion is true but reason is false.
Total energy is given by
$$
E=-\frac{G M m}{2 R}
$$
where $R$ is the radius of orbit.
$$
E=-\frac{G M m}{2 R}
$$
where $R$ is the radius of orbit.
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