A steel ball is dropped from a hight of 50 m ,how far does the ball travel during the 3rd second of the fall.

Question

my anweres was 2.0, but that's not right, im confused where i went wrong please help thanks

Answer 1

during the third second? Do this.
how far during the third second= how far in three seconds-how far in two seconds.

distance= 1/2g (3^2-2^2)

It does not matter from where it was dropped.