Neglecting air resistance, when does a struck baseball accelerate downward at a rate of 9.8 m/s2?
answer choices:
only when it is falling after reaching maximum height
only at the precise moment when it has reached maximum height
throughout its path through the air
only when it is climbing to its maximum height

Question

Neglecting air resistance, when does a struck baseball accelerate downward at a rate of 9.8 m/s2?
answer choices:
only when it is falling after reaching maximum height
	only at the precise moment when it has reached maximum height
	throughout its path through the air
	only when it is climbing to its maximum height

sapphiremoon · Answer

It accelerates at g throughout its path through the air. In free fall (neglecting air resistance) objects accelerate downward constantly, but while it's going upward, that acceleration slows it down, and when it's going downward, that acceleration speeds it up.