SOLUTION: If a pro basketball player has a vertical leap of about 20 inches, what is his hang time? Use the hang-time function v=48T^2 His hang-time is __________seconds. (simplify. type

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Question 376275: If a pro basketball player has a vertical leap of about 20 inches, what is his hang time? Use the hang-time function v=48T^2
His hang-time is __________seconds. (simplify. type an integer or a decimal. round to the nearest tenth.)
Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
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v=48T^2
Set v to 20 and solve for t:
20=48T^2
20/48 = T^2
sqrt(20/48) = T
0.6 secs = T