Question: A basketball player shoots when she is 16 ft from the backboard. Knowing that the ball has an initial velocity v 0 at an angle

A basketball player shoots when she is 16 ft from the backboard. Knowing that the ball has an initial velocity v0 at an angle of 30° with the horizontal, determine the value of vwhen d is equal to 


(a) 9 in., 


(b) 17 in.-d B 10 ft -16 ft- 30 NO 6.8 ft A

-d B 10 ft -16 ft- 30 NO 6.8 ft A

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