Mathematics A-Level
free fall
What free fall means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for WJEC.
Definition of free fall
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Reference: WJEC
Motion of a particle falling freely under gravity where air resistance is negligible, so the only force acting is weight and acceleration is constant at a = g downward.
Topics that use free fall
- Forces and Newton’s laws (AS Unit 2: Applied Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
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- action-reaction pairs
- force
- gravitational acceleration g
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- mass and acceleration
- Newton's first law
- Newton's second law
- Newton’s third law
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