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A projectile is fired straight upward from the Earth's surface at the South Pole with an initial speed equal to one third the escape speed. (The radius of the Earth is 6.38 106 m.)

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what is the question? if you are looking for the initial velocity of the projectile, then V escape of Earth = 11.2 km / s. divided by three
Vi = 3.73 km/s
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