[eli5] When resultant forces are equal on a falling object, why does the object still fall

Question

When weight acting downwards is equal to air resistance acting upwards why is the object falling???

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Answer 1

if net forces on an object is zero, then the object will continue at constant speed as before.

if the previous speed was zero, then it will stay zero. if the previous speed was falling at 1m/s, then it will continue to do so.

this is how terminal velocity occurs.