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ricki

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on: Jun 23, 2013
My friend and I are doing a science project in which we are trying to calculate the initial velocity and projectile motion of a basketball being thrown from an initial height of 67 inches to a final height of 10 feet (120 inches) taking about 1.0 seconds to reach its destination. How do we calculate the initial velocity of the shot?


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2013
Just reverse the problem.    Can you drop the ball from a height of 10 feet and calculate its velocity when it reaches a height of 67 inches?   You can use the formula   v^2  =  2 g s,  where g  =  32 f/s^2,  s  =  10 ft  -  67 inches.


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