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What do you understand by the term ‘acceleration due to gravity of earth’?

The uniform acceleration produced in a freely falling body due to the gravitational force of the earth is called acceleration due to gravity of earth. Its value on the earth is generally 9.8m/s2 or 10m/s2.


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