If a coin is dropped at a relatively low altitude, it's acceleration remains constant. However, if the coin is dropped at a very high altitude, air resistance will have a significant effect. The initial acceleration of the coin will be the greatest. As it falls down, air resistance will counteract the weight of the coin. So, the acceleration will decrease. Although the acceleration decreases, the coin still accelerates, that is why it falls faster. When the air resistance fully counters the weight of the coin, the acceleration will become zero and the coin will fall at a constant speed (terminal velocity). So, the answer should be, The acceleration decreases until it reaches 0. The closest answer is.
a. The acceleration decreases.
Because there is no gravity and sound moves through gravity
(a) The skater covers a distance of S=50 m in a time of t=12.1 s, so its average speed is the ratio between the distance covered and the time taken:

(b) The initial speed of the skater is

while the final speed is

and the time taken to accelerate to this velocity is t=2 s, so the acceleration of the skater is given by

(c) The initial speed of the skater is

while the final speed is

since she comes to a stop. The distance covered is S=8 m, so we can use the following relationship to find the acceleration of the skater:

from which we find

where the negative sign means it is a deceleration.