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Sign of gravitational acceleration
The gravitational potential energy comes from the formula $mgh$ where $g$ is always $>0$.
But when we get to choose it's sign? I figured out, it really depends on what you choose as positive axis ...
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If an object in free-fall is moving upward, the object's velocity is decreasing. Does this mean that the acceleration is -9.8 m/s/s?
I have a problem (that I am not asking you to solve) where it takes $4s$ for an object to travel upward to its maximum height, and we have to determine how far the object travelled. If the ...
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