Acceleration due to gravity, g

Definition

The acceleration of a freely falling object caused by gravity; near Earth's surface its magnitude is taken as 10 m/s² for this course.

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Specification 2.13 · Paper 1

Specification P2.3i · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)

The downward acceleration of an object in free fall; near the Earth’s surface its magnitude is about $9.8\ \text{m/s}^2$ , commonly rounded to .

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10\ \text{m/s}^2