A basketball player’s hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The f...

A basketball player’s hang time is the time spent in the air when shooting a basket. The formula

models hang time, t ,in seconds, in terms of the vertical distance of a player ’s jump, d ,in feet. Use this formula to solve Exercise.

If hang time for a shot by a professional basketball player is 0.85 second, what is the vertical distance of the jump, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot?