It takes about 6 sec for a stone dropped from rest at the top of a vertical mine shaft to hit the bottom of the shaft. how deep is the shaft?

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The answer is about 180 m.   
Using d = (1/2) g t2
             = (1/2)(9.8)(36)
             = about 180 m.
It takes about 6 sec for a stone dropped from rest at the top of a vertical mine shaft to hit the bottom of the shaft., the depth of the shaft is about 180m.