At the beginning of a basketball game, a referee tosses the ball straight up with a speed of 4.41 m/s. A player cannot touch the ball until after it reaches its maximum height and begins to fall down. What is the minimum time that a player must wait before touching the ball?

Respuesta :

To develop this problem we will apply the linear motion kinematic equations. For this purpose we will define the change in speed as the product between acceleration and time.

[tex]v_f-v_i = at[/tex]

The relation between initial velocity final velocity and time is

[tex]v_f = v_i+at[/tex]

The acceleration is due to the acceleration due to gravity, then we have

[tex]v_f = v_i-gt[/tex]

At the maximum height the final velocity is zero. Then we have that

[tex]0 = v_i-gt[/tex]

[tex]t = \frac{v_i}{g}[/tex]

The time the player must wait before touching he ball is

[tex]t = \frac{4.41}{9.8}[/tex]

[tex]t = 0.45s[/tex]