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Why is the acceleration of a projectile -g (-9.81) when it reaches its maximum height?
Original post by reemmaa13
Why is the acceleration of a projectile -g (-9.81) when it reaches its maximum height?

Because when it's acceleration, it switches direction, "downwards", and the minus sign is to signal that, if "downwards" means - sign.

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