Depth of a Well One method for determining the depth of a well is to drop a stone into it and then measure the time it takes until the splash is heard. If d is the depth of the well (in feet) and t1, the time (in seconds) it takes for the stone to fall, then
How deep is the well if this total time is 3 s?
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