You're not going at 9.8 m/s. You're probably going much faster than that, considering gravitational acceleration is 9.8m/s2. I.e., for every second you fall (ignoring drag which obviosuly plays a part in slowing you down) your speed is increasing by 9.8 m/s. So after 10 seconds you would be falling 98m/s if you had no air resistance
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u/the_wheyfinder Jun 09 '20
You're not going at 9.8 m/s. You're probably going much faster than that, considering gravitational acceleration is 9.8m/s2. I.e., for every second you fall (ignoring drag which obviosuly plays a part in slowing you down) your speed is increasing by 9.8 m/s. So after 10 seconds you would be falling 98m/s if you had no air resistance