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After falling for 3 seconds, an object will be falling downwards at what rate?

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A falling object gains 9.8 x 3 = 29.4 m/s of downward speed in 3 seconds.

So after falling for 3 seconds, its downward speed is 29.4 m/s greater than whatever it was at the beginning of the 3 sec.
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