A stone is dropped from rest at the top of a

Question

mine shaft. It takes 58 s for a stone to fall to
the bottom of a mine shaft.
How deep is the shaft? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .

Answer 1

d = Vo*t + 0.5g*t^2
d = 0 + 4.9*58^2 = 16,484 m.