# How far would I fall in 1 second?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 22, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-would-i-fall-in-1-second/332177 "2005-11-22T00:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-would-i-fall-in-1-second/332177/41 "2005-12-01T16:03:55Z")

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> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> Aren’t you making the (potentially untenable) assumption that there was no elevation change between where he left the ground and where he landed? 😛

Unless he was blown straight up, although with a blast, that could still entail an elevation change between how high something was before blasting, and after.

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