The path of the ball is an illustration of absolute equation.
The equation of the path is: 
The given parameters are:
--- the vertex (i.e. the point where the ball hits the wall)


An absolute function is represented as:

Substitute 

Substitute
for x and y


Remove absolute bracket

Collect like terms


Solve for a

Simplify

Substitute
in 

Hence, the equation of the path is: 
See attachment for graph that models the path
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Answer:
about 5.22hrs
Step-by-step explanation:
cross multiply
<u>120.45</u> <u>?</u>
15.67 40.15
120.45*40.15
=629.1505
629.1505/15.67
=5.2233333...
So, when we're tasked with things like this, rewriting everything in terms of sine and cosine and combining fractions often trivializes things, so doing just that gives us:

So out expression is 1/cos(x).