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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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Options:
  • A If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  • B If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  • C If assertion is true but reason is false.
  • D If both assertion and reason are false.
Solution:
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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.

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