A basketball player shoots toward a basket 5.1 m away and 3.0 m above the floor. If the ball is released 1.7 m above the floor at an angle of 60° above the horizontal, what must the initial speed be (in m/s) if it were to go through the basket?

A basketball player shoots toward a basket 5.1 m away and 3.0 m above the floor. If the ball is released 1.7 m above the floor at an angle of 60° above the horizontal, what must the initial speed be (in m/s) if it were to go through the basket?

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