Question

A man throws a basketball from 30 in. Above the ground. The basketball bounces off the floor and a boy catches it. The distance the ball traveled from the man to the floor is 45 in. , and the distance the ball traveled from the floor to the boy is 40 in. The angles formed from by the basketball's path are congruent. What is the distance, x, from the floor that the boy caught the ball? enter your answer, as a decimal, in the box. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. X = in. Two right triangles are shown showing the path the basketball makes from the father to the son. The height from the floor to the fathers hand is 30 inches. The height from the floor to the sons hand is labeled x. The distance from the fathers hand to where the ball hits the floor is 45 inches. The distance from where the ball bounces off the floor to the son is 40 inches.

Answer 1

Answer:26.67

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