Use the graph of the formula for hang time to solve Exercises 107–108.

How is your answer to Exercise 106 shown on the graph?

Data from in exercise 106

A basketball player’s hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula

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 Exercises 105–106.If hang time for a shot by a professional basketball player is 0.85 second, what is the vertical distance of the jump, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot?

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Hang Time (seconds) 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 t t = V 2 66 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Vertical Distance of Jump (feet)