If You Drop an Object, It Will Accelerate Downward at a Rate

question 3

Multiple Choice

If you drop an object, it will accelerate downward at a rate of 9.8 meters per second per second. If you instead throw it downwards, its acceleration (in the absence of air resistance) will be

• A) greater than 9.8 meters per second per second.
• B) less than 9.8 meters per second per second.
• C) 9.8 meters per second per second.

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