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If a high-diver performs a handstand dive (falls vertically) from a platform and enters the water...

If a high-diver performs a handstand dive (falls vertically) from a platform and enters the water with a velocity of 20.92 m/s, through which displacement will the diver have travelled? Express your answer from the platform to the ground and indicate the displacment in this direction

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