A steel ball is dropped from a diving platform (with an initial velocity of zero). Use the approximate value of g as 10 m/s2 to solve the following problem: Through what distance does the ball fall in the first 0.5 seconds of its flight? The ball covers a distance of ____m

A steel ball is dropped from a diving platform (with an initial velocity of zero). Use the approximate value of g as 10 m/s2 to solve the following problem: Through what distance does the ball fall in the first 0.5 seconds of its flight? The ball covers a distance of ____m

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