SOLUTION: A basketball​ player's hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula t equals StartFraction StartRoot d EndRoot Over 2 EndFraction models hang&

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Question 1124898: A basketball​ player's hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula t equals StartFraction StartRoot d EndRoot Over 2 EndFraction
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 1.08 seconds. What was the vertical​ distance, d, of his​ jump, rounded to the nearest​ tenth?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) 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,if t=1.08 seconds, we have
1.08=sqrt%28d%29%2F2
sqrt%28d%29=2%281.08%29...square both sides
%28sqrt%28d%29%29%5E2=%282%281.08%29%29%5E2

d=%282.16%29%5E2
d=4.7 in feet