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When will an object falling toward earth stop accelerating

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As an object falls, it picks up speed. The increase in speed leads to an increase in the amount of air resistance. Eventually, the force of air resistance becomes large enough to balances the force of gravity. At this instant in time, the net force is 0 Newton; the object will stop accelerating.
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As an object falls, it picks up speed. The increase in speed leads to an increase in the amount of air resistance. Eventually, the force of air resistance becomes large enough to balances the force of gravity. At this instant in time, the net force is 0 Newton; the object will stop accelerating. An object falling toward earth stop accelerating when it velocity becomes terminal velocity. Or When weight becomes equal to Drag force acting on the object due to air resistance.

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