Does Throwing an Object Downward Change Its Acceleration Due to Gravity?

[devildog6289]

if you drop on object, it will accelerate downward at a rate of g=9.8m/s^2
if you throw it downward instead, it's accerleration (absence of air resistance) will be

a) greater than 9.8 m/s^2
b) unable to determine
c) 9.8 m/s^2
d) less than 9.8 m/s^2

 

[chaddunn]

Acceleration due to gravity will always be the same, whether thrown or dropped.