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A basketball player is 6ft tall, the player was fouledand gets a free shot from the foul line. The player is 15ft awayfrom the basketball net, and the basket is 10ft off the ground.

a)If the basketball player shoots the ball at an angleof 45 degrees, find the magnitude of the velocity needed to get theball into the basket

b) If a basketball has a mass of 1kg estimate theforce as a vector needed to make the basket

c) Why would the player want to shoot more slowly?

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