When you drop a ball it accelerates downward at 9.8 m/s2. If you instead throw it downward, then its acceleration immediately after leaving your hand, assuming no air resistance, is

a. 9.8 m/s2.

b. more than 9.8 m/s2.

c. less than 9.8 m/s2.

d. Cannot say, unless the speed of throw is given.

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Jude Phelps

26 December, 08:40

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Ernesto Skinner · Answer 1

a. 9.8 m/s2.

Explanation:

The acceleration depends on the force of gravity. It's independent of the velocity of the ball.

When you drop a ball it accelerates downward at 9.8 m/s2. If you instead throw it downward, then its acceleration immediately after leaving your hand, assuming no air resistance, isa. 9.8 m/s2.b. more than 9.8 m/s2.c. less than 9.8 m/s2.d. Cannot say, unless the speed of throw is given.