A basketball player is trying to make a half-court jump shot and releases the ball at the height of the basket. Assuming that the ball is launched at 51.0°, 14.0m from the basket, what speed must the player give the ball?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-22T23:06:32

#11.83"m/s"#

The range of the basketball is given by:

#d=(v^2)/gsin2theta#

#:.v^2=(d"g")/(sin2theta)#

#v^2=(14xx9.8)/(0.981)#

#v=11.83"m/s"#