A stone is thrown straight up. While the stone is rising: A. its acceleration is upward and decreasing

B. its acceleration is upward and constant

C. its acceleration is upward and increasing

D. its acceleration is zero

E. None of the above.

D. its acceleration is zero

Explanation:

Acceleration can be defined as the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time.

This simply means that, acceleration is given by the subtraction of initial velocity from the final velocity all over time.

Hence, if we subtract the initial velocity from the final velocity and divide that by the time, we can calculate an object’s acceleration.

Mathematically, acceleration is given by the equation;

In this scenario, a stone is thrown straight up. While the stone is rising its acceleration is zero because it's initial velocity is zero and it's until the stone reaches its highest point before the acceleration becomes constant and acting downward.

newton's first law of motion