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The acceleration of free fall is about 10 $\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}$ . Why does the sconds unit appear twice?
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This is because velocity is defined as the rate of change of displacement with respect to time. Mathematically, it is represented as $v = \frac{ds}{dt}$, where $ds$ is the displacement and $dt$ is the time interval. Show more…
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