Question: A coin which is tossed straight up into the air. After it is released it moves upward, reaches its highest point and falls back down again. Use one of the following choices (A through G) to indicate the acceleration of the coin during each of the stages of the coin's motion described below. Take up to be the positive direction.
Answer choice J if you think that none are correct.
A. The acceleration is in the negative direction and constant.
B. The acceleration is in the negative direction and increasing.
C. The acceleration is in the negative direction and decreasing.
D. The acceleration is zero.
E. The acceleration is in the positive direction and constant.
F. The acceleration is in the positive direction and increasing.
G. The acceleration is in the positive direction and decreasing.
H. The coin is moving upward after it is released.