One stone is dropped from the top of a tall cliff and a second stone with the same mass is thrown vertically from the same cliff with a velocity of 10 m/s [down], 1 second after the first. Calculate the distance below the top of the cliff at which the second stone overtakes the first.

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One stone is dropped from the top of a tall cliff and a second stone with the same mass is thrown vertically from the same cliff with a velocity of 10 m/s [down], 1 second after the first. Calculate the distance below the top of the cliff at which the second stone overtakes the first.

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