4. If you fall out of a plane and point your head down, it would take about 5 s to reach a velocity of 49.1 m/s downward. What is the acceleration of gravity?

acceleration due to gravity is always going to be 9.8m/s^2 whenever an object is freely falling.

Explanation:

You could also divide 49.1 m/s by 5s to get an acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2 as well.

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