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In a game of basketball, a forward makes a bounce pass to
Chapter 4, Problem 33P(choose chapter or problem)
In a game of basketball, a forward makes a bounce pass to the center. The ball is thrown with an initial speed of 4.3 m/s at an angle of \(15^{\circ}\) below the horizontal. Tt is released 0.80 m above the floor. What horizontal distance does the ball cover before bouncing?
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QUESTION:
In a game of basketball, a forward makes a bounce pass to the center. The ball is thrown with an initial speed of 4.3 m/s at an angle of \(15^{\circ}\) below the horizontal. Tt is released 0.80 m above the floor. What horizontal distance does the ball cover before bouncing?
ANSWER:
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For the given basketball which is thrown at initial speed \(v_{o}=4.3 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) at an angle \(\theta=15^{\circ}\) below the horizontal from a height \(s=0.8 m\) above the floor. We need to calculate the range or horizontal distance traveled by the ball before bouncing.
In order to calculate the range, first we need to calculate the time of flight for which the ball is in air and using that with the component of initial velocity we can estimate the range.