Question

A basketball player is running at a constant horizontal speed of 2.5 m/s when he tosses a basketball directly upward with a speed of 6.0 m/s. Ignoring air resistance:

a. Determine the magnitude and direction of the basketball’s velocity, initially, when the ball left the player’s hand.

b. Determine the vertical displacement of the ball away from the player’s hands.

c. Determine the time of flight of the ball given that it returns to the player’s hand at the same vertical level.

d. How far does the player run before he catches the ball?

Answer 1

Cins: a) ux=25 mis ly = omis u= lux²ruy² = J6²+2.5² u= 6.5 mis tano = 6 lo ha 9 = 67.380 Twith horizontal 25 b) 2xl-g) xh=0²-62 31h=1.8m] t = 2uy 24 = 2X6 11.2.51 [from projectile motion] a) Ra quxxty - 2uxuya 215x1.2 = 3ml g