projectile motion

Question

Hanamichi Sakuragi has a height of 190 cm. He is about to make a shot in the 3-point line which is 7.5 m away from the basketball ring. If he shoots the ball without jumping and with his hand is 50 cm above his head and the angle of his shot is 45 degrees from the horizontal.

a.What must be the shot’s velocity to make a 3-point shot? (Assume that the height of the ring is 3.05 m from the floor.)

b If Captain Akagi is 1.5 m away from the basketball ring and he has a standing reach of 260 cm. What must be the elevation of his vertical jump to block Sakuragi’s three pointer shot?

Answer 1

Jenny D.

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projectile motion

Hanamichi Sakuragi has a height of 190 cm. He is about to make a shot in the 3-point line which is 7.5 m away from the basketball ring. If he shoots the ball without jumping and with his hand is 50 cm above his head and the angle of his shot is 45 degrees from the horizontal.

a.What must be the shot’s velocity to make a 3-point shot? (Assume that the height of the ring is 3.05 m from the floor.)

b If Captain Akagi is 1.5 m away from the basketball ring and he has a standing reach of 260 cm. What must be the elevation of his vertical jump to block Sakuragi’s three pointer shot?