A volleyball player spikes the ball from the height of 9 feet with a downward velocity of 80 feet per second. To the nearest hundredth of a second, how long does the other team have to prevent the ball from hitting the ground?

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Vocaloid · Answer

Kinematics equation

y = (v0)t + (1/2)at^2

Where y is the height, v0 is the initial velocity, a is the acceleration due to gravity, and t is time. Plug in the appropriate quantities and solve for t.