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Homework Problem 6.2 After a night of heavy drinking, you decide to launch yourself into orbit. You, your lawn chair, and your parachute have a mass of 200kg and will

require an energy of 1.3 x 1010J to escape Earth's gravity. You will provide this energy with a bank of capacitors. These capacitors will be charged using a 150Vpower supply. How much capacitance do you need to escape Earth's gravitational well? (1MF = 1 x 10 F) (a) 0.39MF (Б) 0.58MF (c) 1.2MF (d) 87MF (е) 170MF

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