SOLUTION: A basketball player's hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula T=radical d divided by 2 models hang time, T, in seconds, in terms of the vertical

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Question 1068515: A basketball player's hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula T=radical d divided by 2 models hang time, T, in seconds, in terms of the vertical distance of a player's jump, d, in feet. When a particular player dunked a basketball, his hang time for the shot was approximately 1.14 seconds. What was the vertical distance, d, of his jump, rounded to the nearest tenth?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Not sure if you mean,
t=sqrt%28d%29%2F2 or t=sqrt%28d%2F2%29
So you pick,
1.14=sqrt%28d%29%2F2
sqrt%28d%29=2%281.14%29
d=%282%281.14%29%29%5E2
or
1.14=sqrt%28d%2F2%29
d%2F2=1.14%5E2
d=2%2A1.14%5E2
Both solutions have units of feet.