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 Initial velocity of zero to a stone has been left to a well.moved down 4.7 seconds after falling tone is heard.sound speed 340m / s is, according to the level of the water wells at the beginning of the vertical distance to find?
 Initial velocity of zero to a stone has been left to a well.moved down 4.7 seconds after falling tone is heard.sound speed 340m / s is, according to the level of the water wells at the beginning of the vertical distance to find?
 Unknown008
Dec 2, 2009, 06:27 AM
Seems that you're using a bad online translator... 
 
1. The time taken for the stone to fall from the mouth of the well to the water inside is given by:
 
s = ut + \frac12 at^2
 
Where s = distance
u = initial speed
t = time
a = acceleration due to gravity
 
2. The time for the sound to reach your ears is given by:
 
s = ut_o
 
where t_o is the time that the sound takes.
 
3. Since the distances are the same, equate the two equations. Also, you know that t + t_o = 4.7
 
That makes a quadratic equation. Solve for t and replace in one of your initial formulae to obtain the value of s, the distance.