OK.
You're sitting in a soft comfy chair, reading a book in your lap.
The book stays put, and you eventually start to get sleepy, because
there's almost no acceleration happening.
The chair you're sitting in is seat #27B in a huge jet taking you to visit
your grandparents who live a thousand miles away.
The airplane is maybe 7 miles up, passing over the ground at nearly
500 miles per hour, flying straight, level, and fast !
This drag force is always opposite to the object's motion, and unlike friction between solid surfaces, the drag force increases as the object moves faster.
<u>Given that</u>
time (t) = 10 s ,
(S) = ?
We know that S = ut+ 1/2 a.t² m
since free fall and no air friction,
a = g = 9.81 m/s² ; initial velocity u= 0
S = 0 + [1/2 × 9.81 ×10²]
<em> S = 490.5 m </em>