Acceleration
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The rate of change of an object's velocity.[1]. For an object to undergo an acceleration, a force needs to be exerted on the object. An example is a falling object on Earth, which is subject to a gravitational force. The resulting acceleration g is independent of the mass of the object, and is approximately 9.8 meter per second per second near the Earth's surface[2].
Calculation of acceleration is done with the formula F=MA, where F=force and is measured in Newtons, M=mass and is measured in kilograms, and A=acceleration. Using the formula we can find that A=F/M.
