The diameter of a basketball rim is 18 inches. A standard basketball has a circumference of 30 inches. What is the distance between the ball and the rim in a shot in which the ball goes directly in the center of the rim? Show your work.

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squidnnneyyy · Answer

all you do is find the circumference of the basketball and the rim. Then subtract each other

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

Step 1) find the diameter of the ball
hint: `circumference = pi*(diameter)`

Step 2) Subtract the diameter of the rim and the diameter of the ball
in other words, you will need to compute `(diameter of rim) - (diameter of ball)`

Step 3) Whatever the result is in step 2, cut it in half

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

D1 = diameter of the rim
D2 = diameter of the ball
D3 = distance from the edge of the ball to the rim, where the ball is placed at the center of the rim

D3 = (1/2)*(D1-D2)