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> the words that my high school class will understand and will convince
them (and me) why one is correct and the other incorrect.The idea that the vertical acceleration goes to zero is actually a variant
of the common misconception that students have. They think that the
acceleration goes to zero when a ball is thrown up and reaches it's peak
where the velocity is zero. Students may wish to hang onto that explanation
as the misconception is fairly resistant to change.