Originally posted by vudusvt:
Originally posted by BStoneMega:
Originally posted by ssmumich00:
because your car would accelerate 9.8m/s^2 if you dropped it off a cliff. . .
Doesn't that vary slightly depending on where you're at in the world?
Assuming a zero friction enviro- the acceleration of gravity is the same wherever you are on earth. 
Close but not quite - the force of gravity decreases with the square of the distance between the 2 objects F = G m1 * m2 / r^2. While relatively small, gavity would be less on the top of Everst compared to sea level. For the g force acceleration g= G m / r2 where r and m are the mass and radius of the earth. g has the value of 9.78039 x 10-1 m.s-2 at the equator and 9.83217 x 10-1 m.s-2 at the poles (since the earth is somewhat flattened at the poles). Diff would be bigger on everst 
Last edited by ScottK; 07/08/04 02:40 AM.
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