A basketball is shot from an initial height of 2.40 m (Figure 1) with an initial speed ?o = 12 ms-1directed at an angle ?0 = 35° above the horizontal. (a) How far from the basket was the player if he made a basket? (b) At what angle to the horizontal did the ball enter the basket?

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A basketball is shot from an initial height of 2.40 m (Figure 1) with an initial speed
?o = 12 ms-1directed at an angle ?0 = 35° above the horizontal.
(a) How far from the basket was the player if he made a basket?
(b) At what angle to the horizontal did the ball enter the basket?

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