During the last shot of the game, the basketball goes from rest to 15 m/s and reaches the backboard in 0.41 s. What was the acce
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To solve this problem we will use the kinematic formula for the final velocity.
The final speed is 0 at the moment the player stops.
The time until it stops is 1.3 s
The initial speed is 200 feet / s Note (check the speed units in the problem statement, 200ft / s is very much and 200ft / h is very small)
Then, we clear the formula.
Because the player is slowing down, the acceleration goes in the opposite direction to the player's movement, and that is why it is negative.
To answer part b) we use the following formula.