explain acceleration due to gravity
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Explanation:
Acceleration Due To Gravity
when an object is dropped from some height its velocity increases at the constant rate. In other words when an object is dropped from some height a uniform acceleration is produced in it by the gravitational pull of the earth and this acceleration does not depend on the mass of the falling object. The uniform acceleration produced in a freely falling body due to the gravitational force of the Earth is known as acceleration due to gravity .
It is denoted by the letter g .
The value of g does not depend upon the mass of the body .The value of g changes slightly from place to place but for the most of the purposes it is taken as 9.8 metre / second
In other words when an object falls on the ground under the action of the earth's gravity it velocity increases at constant rate of 9.8 metre per second for every second of time .