If You Drop an Object, It Will Accelerate Downward at a Rate

Multiple Choice

If you drop an object, it will accelerate downward at a rate of 9.8 meters per second per second. If you instead throw it downwards, its acceleration (in the absence of air resistance) will be

A) greater than 9.8 meters per second per second.
B) less than 9.8 meters per second per second.
C) 9.8 meters per second per second.