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\n" ); document.write( "When Michael Wilson of the Harlem Globetrotters slamdunked a basketball 12 feet, his hang time for the shot was approximately 1.16 seconds. What was the vertical distance of his jump, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot?
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Note: picking out what info it is we 'need' to answer the queston
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document.write( "the hang Time  where d is vertical distance of the jump.
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document.write( "hang time = ~1.16sec
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document.write( "5.38 = d  the vertical distance of Michael Wilson of the Harlem Globetrotters jump \n" );
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