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A student chooses the upward direction as positive while studying the vertical motion…
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation
Problem
A student chooses the upward direction as positive while studying the vertical motion of a ball. Explain why the numerical value of acceleration due to gravity is written with a negative sign in the equations of motion under this sign convention.
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