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How do you calculate the speed of a falling object?

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To find out something's speed (or velocity) after a certain amount of time, you just multiply the acceleration of gravity by the amount of time since it was let go of.
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As an object falls, its speed increases because it's being pulled on by gravity. The acceleration of gravity near the earth is g = -9.81 m/s^2. To find out something's speed (or velocity) after a certain amount of time, you just multiply the acceleration of gravity by the amount of time since it was let go of
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