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What is acceleration due to gravity?

In this tutorial you will learn all about the acceleration due to gravity.

Summary

  1. t- time
  2. sec- seconds
  3. m- meters
  4. The ball falls 5 meters in the first second, but falls 15 meters in the 2nd second
  5. ag- acceleration from gravity

Notes

    1. m- meters
    2. s- seconds
    3. If you don't need a lot of precision, just use 10 m/s2
    1. Heavy and light objects all fall with the same acceleration on earth, and that acceleration is 9.8 m/s2
    1. Air opposes a falling object, and slows it down