Timeline for Conceptually, why is acceleration due to gravity always negative?
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| Mar 1, 2017 at 23:29 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | -1. Unclear what you are asking. Your 2nd paragraph is correct. Your 1st paragraph does not make sense. Replace acceleration by velocity : if velocity is -ve and downwards is -ve direction this means velocity is downwards, it does not mean velocity is upwards. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 16:33 | history | protected | Qmechanic♦ | ||
| Mar 1, 2017 at 16:13 | answer | added | vats dimri | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 9:33 | vote | accept | A.AK | ||
| Mar 1, 2017 at 9:28 | answer | added | user1583209 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 9:18 | answer | added | lucas | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 8:42 | answer | added | Martin C. | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Mar 1, 2017 at 6:53 | answer | added | Ege Keyvan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 4:03 | vote | accept | A.AK | ||
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| Mar 1, 2017 at 4:02 | answer | added | Sumant | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 3:47 | comment | added | Black Jack 21 | Yes, actually its toward centre of Earth, and tge line joining that particle and centre is perpendicular to tge ground,so its downward at that point.If you are not under the particle at that instant then the acceleration isnt exactly downward(wrt to the tangent at the place you are standing), but I am saying this because I just wanted to add extra detail. The slight change in angle has no relevance here. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 3:45 | comment | added | user107153 | It's not always negative. If your +ve axis points down then it's +ve. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 3:31 | comment | added | user146020 | Yes, it s always downwards, you can depend on that, always towards the center of the Earth | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 3:16 | history | asked | A.AK | CC BY-SA 3.0 |