Spud Webb was, at 5 ft 8 in, one of the shortest basketball players to play in the NBA. But he had an amazing vertical leap; he could jump to a height of 1.1 m off the ground, so he could easily dunk a basketball. For such a leap, what was his "hang time" - the time spent in the air after leaving the ground and before touching down again

The hang time is 0.95 s

Explanation:

Spud Webb has a height of 5 feet 8 inches and is one of the shortest basketball players to play in the NBA.

He could make an amazing vertical leap of 1.1 m off the ground. For such a leap to calculate the hang time(the time spent in the air after leaving the ground and before touching down again), we use the formula:

Where S is the distance traveled, u is the initial velocity, t is the time taken and g is the acceleration due to gravity.

Given that:

g = 9.8 m/s²

S =

u = 0

Substituting values:

Dividing through by -4.9 we get:

t = 0.474 s

The hang time = 2t = 2 × 0.474 = 0.95 s

The hang time is 0.95 s

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