When a stone is thrown vertically upwards, its velocity is continuously decreased. Why?

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Step 1: When a stone is thrown vertically upwards
When a stone is thrown vertically upwards, acceleration due to gravity acts on it in opposite direction.
Therefore the velocity of the stone decreases continuously.

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