Re: Geometry of basketball needed as quickly as possible due
Hello, da1ndonlycia!
Help - can anyone help me?
I'm writing an essay on the geometry of basketball and I must include 5 proffs or theorms
and explain how they relate to Geometry in a person making a shot
or how a shot is made into the basket
First of all, I hope you
know some geometry (and algegra).
Otherwise, you might as well write about nanotechnology or warp drives.
Since the trajectory of a basketball is a parabola,
. . you could write an equation for sinking a basket
. . that is (for example) 15 feet away and 10 feet up.
There are
zillions of parabolas that start at (0,0), go up,
. . then come <u>down</u> through the point (15,10)
You could possibly find the parabola with the
least height
. . that will clear the rim and score.
[You will probably need the measurements of the ball and the basket.]