Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A : The kinetic energy needed to project a body of mass m from earth surface to infinity is \(\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{mgR}\), where R is the radius of earth.
Reason R : The maximum potential energy of a body is zero when it is projected to infinity from earth surface.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the option given below

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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A : The kinetic energy needed to project a body of mass m from earth surface to infinity is \(\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{mgR}\), where R is the radius of earth.
Reason R : The maximum potential energy of a body is zero when it is projected to infinity from earth surface.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the option given below

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