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Lemon falling at a constant speed from a tree with no air resistance, draw a free body diagram

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Since the lemon is falling without any air resistance, the only force acting on the lemon is the acceleration due to gravity.

But, since we know that the lemon is falling with a constant speed. There has to be another unknown force to balance the gravitational force. Which has been shown in the freebody diagram

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