SOLUTION: A basketball player want to hit 3 points to win the tournament. To do that, he need to hit three point at the coordinates of the latera recta in his courtside. The basketball pla

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Question 1199404: A basketball player want to hit 3 points to win the tournament. To do that, he
need to hit three point at the coordinates of the latera recta in his courtside. The
basketball player court is at the left side of the figure below. The available data
he have: Center of the court (0, 0); center of the three point line from the base
line, 21ft; center of the free throw line from the base line, 15 ft. Foci is at (-27,0)
and (27,0) and Vertices are at (-21,0) and (21, 0) respectively. What is the
coordinate of the Latera Recta at the left side of the court for him to shoot the
championship shot?

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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How far below is the figure ?