Question

The center on a high school basketball team wants to increase the maximum height of his jump. What statement correctly describes how he could achieve this goal?
A) Wearing lighter shoes would increase the height of his jump.
B) Jumping at a 45° angle would increase the height of his jump.
C) Jumping with greater acceleration would increase the height of his jump.
D) Jumping with greater initial velocity would increase the height of his jump.

Answer 1

this would be c

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Answer 2

Answer:

B) Jumping at a 45° angle would increase the height of his jump.

Explanation:

Jumping is a type of projectile motion. We start from zero initial velocity and start running until the time comes when we want to jump. We also know that we cannot jump straight on any point we must cover some distance in the X axis too which makes our motion a projectile motion so the projectile motion gains its maximum height when it takes the angle of 45 therefore option B is the correct answer.