For a freely falling object dropped from rest, what is the acceleration at the end of the fifth second of fall? The sixth second? At the end of any elapsed time t?

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If you stay on or near the surface of Earth, then the acceleration due to gravity is constant.  It's 9.807 meters per second squared. (rounded)

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The acceleration at any time will be 9.8 m/s² as long as you are on earth.  The speed, however will be 9.8*time.

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