Homework Help: physics

Posted by Mischa on Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 6:14pm.

for a free throw in basketball,find an equation for the final angle to go into the hoop in terms of y and x to the hoop and the initial angle.

I can't seem to get an equation with only those variables. I always get stuck with others like time and velocity. how do i do this?

physics - Christian, Monday, February 4, 2008 at 12:48am
dy=(viy*t)+((1/2)ay*t^2)
physics - Christian, Monday, February 4, 2008 at 12:49am
dy=(viy*t)+((1/2)ay*t^2)
and same for x but replace all the y's with x

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