A basketball player is throwing a foul shot. the red line indicates the foul lin

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A basketball player is throwing a foul shot. the red line indicates the foul line (where the ball is released). At what initial speed must the basketball player throw the ball, shot at an angle of 55 degrees from the horizontal, to make the foul shot?

I have tried ths one a bunch of times, and the answers I keep getting are more like the inital velocity is around 1 ft/sec which is just not reasonable. I've included the table I am using:

any help is appreciated!

A basketball player is throwing a foul shot. the red line indicates the foul line (where the ball is released). At what initial speed must the basketball player throw the ball, shot at an angle of 55 degrees from the horizontal, to make the foul shot? I have tried ths one a bunch of times, and the answers I keep getting are more like the inital velocity is around 1 ft/sec which is just not reasonable. I've included the table I am using:

Explanation / Answer

The time, t it takes the ball to reach the basket may be written as:

t = ?x/v
= 13ft / v?cos55

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