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Question 357950: Hi, Could someone please help me answer this problem? It is required that I show all my steps (work), and I haven't any idea how to obtain the answer. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Section 10.6
51.)
A basketball player’s hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula
T=√d/2
Models hang time, t, in seconds, in terms of the vertical distance of a player’s jump, d, in feet. Use this formula to solve.
When Michael Wilson of the Harlem Globetrotters slamdunked a basketball 12 feet, his hang time for the shot was approximately 1.16 seconds. What was the vertical distance of his jump, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot?

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Hi,

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the hang Time T+=sqrt%28d%29%2F2 where d is vertical distance of the jump.

hang time = ~1.16sec

1.16+=sqrt%28d%29%2F2

2.32+=sqrt%28d%29

5.38 = d  the vertical distance of Michael Wilson of the Harlem Globetrotters jump