SOLUTION: A basketball player's hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula T=radical d divided by 2 models hang time, T, in seconds, in terms of the vertical

Question 1068515: A basketball player's hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula T=radical d divided by 2 models hang time, T, in seconds, in terms of the vertical distance of a player's jump, d, in feet. When a particular player dunked a basketball, his hang time for the shot was approximately 1.14 seconds. What was the vertical distance, d, of his jump, rounded to the nearest tenth?
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