While a helicopter is simultaneously ascending 6 m per second and flying due north at 110 km/h, an object is dropped from it. Take that the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2 and that there is no air resistance. After 3 seconds of falling, the object's acceleration is: Group of answer choices a. 44 m/s2 downward b. 31 m/s2, pointing between up and north c. 9.8 m/s2 downward d. 58 m/s2, pointing between down and north

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While a helicopter is simultaneously ascending 6 m per second and flying due north at 110 km/h, an object is dropped from it. Take that the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2 and that there is no air resistance. After 3 seconds of falling, the object's acceleration is:
Group of answer choices
a. 44 m/s2 downward
b. 31 m/s2, pointing between up and north
c. 9.8 m/s2 downward
d. 58 m/s2, pointing between down and north
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