A basketball player who is 2m tall is standing on the floor 10m from the basket. The height of the basket is 3.05m. If he shoots the ball at an angle of 40degree with the horizontal ,at what initial speed must he throw so that it goes through the hoop??
1 Answer
Jun 28, 2017
The initial speed is
Explanation:
Let the initial speed be
Resolving in the vertical direction
We apply the equation of motion
Resolving in the horizontal direction
We apply the equation of motion
Plugging in the value of
Let the origin be the point where the ball is thrown
graph{0.84x-0.073x^2 [-0.53, 15.274, -2.315, 5.585]}