The explosion in a cannon exerts an average force of 30,000 N for L meters, the length of the cannon. The length of the cannon to shoot a 2.00 kg projectile from the cannon on the earth to the moon is

A. 2.75 km.
B. 3.01 km.
C. 3.98 km.
D. 4.26 km.
E. 5.02 km.


D. 4.26 km.

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