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A stone is dropped from a tower 100 meters above the ground. The stone falls past ground level and into a well. It hits the water at the bottom of the well 5.00 seconds after being dropped from the tower. Calculate the depth of the well. Given: g = -9.81 meters/second2. 22.5 meters 50.7 meters 100 meters 110 meters 152.45 meters

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Answer:

22.5 meters

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22.5 meters. I attached all my work below. I hope this helped. If anything is still unclear please feel free to comment back with any questions you still have! It is helpful to draw pictures for problems like these, but if you know what you're doing you don't have to.
A stone is dropped from a tower 100 meters above the ground. The stone falls past-example-1
A stone is dropped from a tower 100 meters above the ground. The stone falls past-example-2
A stone is dropped from a tower 100 meters above the ground. The stone falls past-example-3
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