Simple kinematics question -- dropping a stone down a well

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A boy drops a 0.10 kg stone down a 150 m well and calculates the time to hear the echo using kinematic equations. He finds the time for the stone to reach the bottom of the well is 5.53 seconds and the time for the sound to travel back is 0.437 seconds. Adding these times results in a total of approximately 6 seconds. The calculations appear to be correct based on the equations used. The discussion confirms the accuracy of the final answer.
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A boy drops a 0.10 kg stone down a 150 m well and listens for the echo. If the speed of sound is 343 degrees Celsius, the how long after the stone is dropped will the boy hear the echo?

Homework Equations



v = d/t

v2 = v2 + 2ax

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What I did was use v2 = v2 + 2ax to find the velocity of the rock at the end of the well. Then I used v = at to find how long it takes to go from zero to that final velocity. Therefore, I found that the time it took to get to the end of the well was 5.53 s. Next I used t = d / v to find how long it took the sound to travel back, which is .437 s. Thus, adding these together, I got 6 s, rounded to sig figs. Is this answer correct?
 
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