-> DA> JD>The formula for calculation the velocity of any object falling
-> in a DA> vacuum
-> DA> JD>on this planet is: 32 feet per second squared times the time
-> that the
-> DA> You both flunk.  :-(  Acceleration is delta-velocity divided by
-> DA> delta-time.  Delta = change in.  So velocity, when starting from
-> DA> rest, is merely acceleration times TIME.  There's nothing squared
->
-> Well Dave,
->
-> You are right but I am not wrong. I guess the difference is that I
-> remembered the damn thing from high school physics. You quoted the
-> calculus derived variation that I didn't get to use until later, much
-> later. For some reason 32 feet per second per second gravitational
-> constant has been with me a long time, (kinda like my 03-A3) and I am
-> loath to give it up.
At first I thought you were squaring the 32 part, and then it was
pointed out to me that 32 feet per second per second can also be
written 32 feet per second squared.
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