Brick A is dropped from the top of a building.Brick B is thrown straight down from the same building.Neglect air.Which statement about their accelerations is correct?
A)The acceleration of A is greater than the acceleration of B.
B)The acceleration of B is greater than the acceleration of A.
C)The two bricks have exactly the same acceleration.
D)Neither brick has any acceleration once it is released.

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Both bricks will experience the same constant acceleration due to gravity, regardless of their initial velocities or how they were released. Therefore, they will have exactly the same acceleration.

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