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tayshia
tayshia
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High School - 10th Grade

As an object approaches the Earth’s surface, what will its acceleration be?

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Posted by tayshia on Tuesday February 27, 2007 at 12:26 PM and tagged with all the years of her life, physical science.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    While the speed at which an object travels will vary according to friction and resistance by the atmosphere (think of a parachute), the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters per second squared.

    Greg

    Sources:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration_due_to_gravity

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    Posted by gbeatty on Wednesday February 28, 2007 at 8:27 AM