A basketball player grabbing a rebound jumps 78 cm vertically. How much total time (ascent and...

A basketball player grabbing a rebound jumps 78 cm vertically. How much total time (ascent and descent) does the player spend (a) in the top 12 cm of this jump and (b) in the bottom 12 cm? Do your results explain why such players seem to hang in the air at the top of a jump?

Expert Solution

so, from above discussion, we can see that player takes more time to cover top 12cm, this happened because magnitude of velocity is lower at the top distance comparison to bottom distance.

genius_generous answered 1 year ago

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