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Interactive Problem 145: Throwing Parabola

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A basketball player, who is 1.90m tall, shoots at a basket attached at the height of 3.50m (throwing angle $ \varphi=\pi/3$, speed $ v=8\,{\rm {m}}/{\rm {s}}$, acceleration of gravity $ g=10\,{\rm {m}}/{\rm {s}}^2$). In which distance from the basket is the player to shoot the ball, if the ball is to be in the descending stage of its flight when reaching the basket?


Solution: (rounded to full centimeters)

The basketball player has to shoot the ball at a distance of      cm     from the basket.


   

(Authors: Apprich/Abele)

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