document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030608>Question 1030608</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this I am really bad at algebra, and I don't understand how I can calculate this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of the most exciting plays in basketball is the dunk shot.  The amount of time T that passes from the moment a player leaves the ground, goes up, makes the shot, and arrives back on the ground is called the hang time.  A function relating an athlete's vertical leap V, in inches, to hang time T, in seconds, is given by: V(T) = 48T^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)  A Basketball Player has a hang time of about 0.828 sec.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the Basketball Player’s vertical leap?  (T = hang time)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)  The record for the greatest vertical leap in the NBA is held by Darryl Griffith of the Utah Jazz. It was 48 in. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What was Darryl Griffith's hang time? (V is the vertical leap) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #645456 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=645456\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first is 48(0.828^2)=32.908 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48==48 t^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=1 second, because dividing by 48 gives t^2=1, and t=+1, since negative roots cannot be used here. </SPAN>\n" );
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