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Does everyone learn the same gravity in school or is it different everywhere? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, I learned in physics class at school in the UK that the value of acceleration due to gravity is a constant called g and that it was 9.81m/s^2. I knew that this value is not a true constant as it is affected by terrain and location. However I didn't know that it can be so significantly different as to be 9.776 m/s^2 in Kuala Lumpur for example. I'm wondering if a different value is told to children in school that is locally relevant for them? Or do we all use the value I learned?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

ITT: People who all apparently remembers what the freaking constant for gravity is down to the decimal.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the askscience community, what do you expect? :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

At least the guys in here knows their shit. Impressive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The first time we used it was 7th or 8th grade and we kept using it from then on. How can you even forget?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You should ask these people how many digits of pi they know. My 100-something isn't even that impressive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

All of them. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.