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Ignoring air resistance, or bouncing off the sides of the shaft on the way down ...

-- Speed when you let it go = 0

-- Speed after 6 seconds = 6 G = 58.84 meters per second

-- Average speed = 1/2 (0 + 58.84) = 29.42 meters per second

-- In 6 seconds, at an average speed of 29.42 meters per second,

it fell 176.5 meters.

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