A basketball player stands in the corner of the court at the 3−$3-$point line, 6.33$6\mathrm{.}33$ m from the basket, with hoop 3.05$3\mathrm{.}05$ m above the floor. 

a.$.$ If the player shoots the ball from a height of 1.9$\mathrm{}\mathrm{}\mathrm{}$ m at 34$\mathrm{}\mathrm{}$ degrees above the horizontal, what should the launch speed be to make the basket?

b.$.$ How much would the launch speed have to increase to make the ball travel $40$ cm farther and miss the hoop entirely?,

 

 

 

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