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Derive the acceleration of gravity, g.

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F=ma - From Newton's second law of motion
also, from Newton's law of gravity
F=GMmr2[GGravitationalconstantMMassoflargerbodyrDistancebetweenthe2bodies]
ma=GMmr2
or, a=GMr2=g(gravitationalacceleration)

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