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Velocity of a freely falling stone
Velocity is a vector.
Describe the velocity of the stone as it falls through the air.
Assume there is no air resistance.
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- 1 State that the magnitude, or speed, increases uniformly.
- 2 State that the direction remains constant as it falls.
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As the stone falls with no air resistance, the magnitude of its velocity increases uniformly while its direction remains constant downward.
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The velocity stays constant.
With no air resistance, the stone accelerates, so the magnitude of velocity increases.