document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177861>Question 177861</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a pro-basketball player has a vertical leap of 35 in, what is his hang time? Use the hang time function of V=48T^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hang time in seconds. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please help, thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "V=48T^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V is vertical leap<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T is time (in seconds)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plugging in the given vertical leap:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V=48T^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35=48T^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35/48 = T^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.72917 = T^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Taking the square root of both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.854 secs = T </SPAN>\n" );
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