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Date May 2018 Marks available 1 Reference code 18M.1.HL.TZ2.32
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Question number 32 Adapted from N/A

Question

The mass of the Earth is ME and the mass of the Moon is MM. Their respective radii are RE and RM.

Which is the ratio \(\frac{{{\text{escape speed from the Earth}}}}{{{\text{escape speed from the Moon}}}}\)?

A.     \(\sqrt {\frac{{{M_{\text{M}}}{R_{\text{M}}}}}{{{M_{\text{E}}}{R_{\text{E}}}}}} \)

B.     \(\sqrt {\frac{{{M_{\text{E}}}{R_{\text{E}}}}}{{{M_{\text{M}}}{R_{\text{M}}}}}} \)

C.     \(\sqrt {\frac{{{M_{\text{E}}}{R_{\text{M}}}}}{{{M_{\text{M}}}{R_{\text{E}}}}}} \)

D.     \(\sqrt {\frac{{{M_{\text{M}}}{R_{\text{E}}}}}{{{M_{\text{E}}}{R_{\text{M}}}}}} \)

Markscheme

C

Examiners report

[N/A]

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Additional higher level (AHL) » Topic 10: Fields » 10.2 – Fields at work
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