document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1199734>Question 1199734</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A basketball shot is taken from a horizontal distance of 5 m from the hoop.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height of the ball can be modelled by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the relation h = - 7.3t² + 8.25t + 2.1,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where h is the height, in metres, and t is the time, in seconds, since the ball was released.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) From what height was the ball released?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) What was the maximum height reached by the ball?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) If the ball reached the hoop in 1 s, what was the height of the hoop? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A basketball shot is taken from a horizontal distance of 5 m from the hoop.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height of the ball can be modelled by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the relation h = - 7.3t² + 8.25t + 2.1,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where h is the height, in metres, and t is the time, in seconds, since the ball was released.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) From what height was the ball released?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) What was the maximum height reached by the ball?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) If the ball reached the hoop in 1 s, what was the height of the hoop?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formula for the height in the post is incorrect.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the entire problem is DEFECTIVE and NONSENSICAL.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the problem is worded, printed and presented, it makes it <BR>\n" );
document.write( "totally clear that the problem composer DOES NOT KNOW the subject.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is FATALLY WRONG.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My friendly advise to you is to throw it to the closest garbage bin as soon as you can.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The source of this problem is COMPROMISED forever.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This problem is posed incorrectly and teaches to wrong conceptions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To learn right conceptions and basic knowledge, &nbsp;read the lesson\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Introductory-lesson-on-a-projectile-thrown-shot-launched-vertically-up.lesson>Introductory lesson on a projectile thrown-shot-launched vertically up</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this forum.\r<BR>\n" );
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