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A 2.0 m tall basketball player is standing on the floor a distance d from the basket, as shown in the figure below. He shoots the ball at an angle 40. degrees above the horizontal with a speed of 10.67 m/s and makes the shot. The height of the basket is 3.05m. What is d?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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