Differentiate kinetic energy from potential energy

Standing side by side ,you and a friend step off a bridge at different times and fall for 1.6s to the water below. your friend goes first, and you follow after he has dropped a distance of 2.0m. when your friend hits the water, is the seperation between the two of you 2.0m or more than 2.0m? verify your answer with a calculation.

Alinearly polarized electromagnetic wave has an average intensity of 196 w/m^2. this wave is directed towards two ideal polarizers (in real polarizers, transmission is also effected by reflection and absorption). polarizer a is oriented with its transmission axis at an angle of θ_1=20.8∘ with the incident electric field. polarizer b has its axis at an angle of θ_2=63.0∘ with the incident electric field. what is the average intensity of the wave after it passes through polarizer a? what is the average intensity of the wave after it passes through polarizer b? suppose that the two polarizers a and b are interchanged. what would the average intensity be after passing through both polarizers?

If y gets smaller as x gets bigger and y have an relationship?