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If you throw a body vertically upwards, what will be the acceleration of the body at the highest point?
If you throw a body vertically upwards, what will be the acceleration at the highest point?
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Zero.
Acceleration is the time derivative of velocity, and at the highest point it will be zero.
The free fall acceleration is always the same near the earth's surface and is equal to g.
The speed of a body thrown vertically upwards:
v = V - g * t
Here V is the initial speed, t is the time. Time derivative of this function = g.
The acceleration does not change all the time of the throw and is equal to g . Provided that there are no forces other than gravity.
a = F/m = mg/m = g
Throughout the entire flight path, the acceleration of the body is constant and equal to g (neglecting the resistance of the medium and the distance from the Earth's surface).
The noted answer about "zero acceleration" at the top is incorrect and grossly illiterate.
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