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If a high-diver performs a handstand dive (falls vertically) from a platform and enters the water with a velocity of 15.79 m/s, through which displacement will the diver have travelled?

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  1. v^2 = 2as
    so he fell through
    s = 15.79^2/19.62 = _____ m

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