It is a fact that if you drop a rock, it will fall 16 feet the first second of the fall.The next second it will fall 48 feet.In view of this fact, I can conclude that the distance a rock falls is a linear function of the time since the rock was dropped.

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The distance a rock falls due to gravity is not linear but quadratic, as the acceleration due to gravity causes the velocity (and thus the distance fallen) to increase with the square of the time elapsed.

It Is a Fact That If You Drop a Rock