SOLUTION: Can someone please help me with this equation? Also, can you show me how to write it out as well? Thank you! Use the function V(T) = 18T2. A basketball player has a vertical le

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Question 528832: Can someone please help me with this equation? Also, can you show me how to write it out as well? Thank you!
Use the function V(T) = 18T2. A basketball player has a vertical leap of 38.5 inches.
What is their hang time to the nearest hundredth of a second?
Hint: T is your time in seconds
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the function V(T) = 18T^2.
A basketball player has a vertical leap of 38.5 inches.
What is their hang time to the nearest hundredth of a second?
:
V(t) given as 38.5
therefore
18T^2 = 38.5
divide both sides by 18
T^2 = 38.5%2F18
T^2 = 2.1389
find the square root of both sides:
T = sqrt%282.1389%29
T = 1.46 seconds hang time