What is the acceleration of free fall?

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What is the acceleration of free fall?

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answered Oct 14, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 60 409 931

When objects fall towards the Earth under the effect of gravitational force alone, then they are said to be in free fall. Acceleration of free fall is 9.8 ms−2 , which is constant for all objects (irrespective of their masses).

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