Michael jordan was said to have a hang-time of 3.0 seconds. use kinematic equations to determine the height to which he could leap

The hang time is 3 seconds, which is the time of travel off the ground.

The maximum height is attained in 3/2 = 1.5 s.

Acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s

Wind resistance is ignored.

At maximum height, the vertical velocity is zero.

If u is the vertical launch velocity, then

(u m/s) - (9.8 m/s²) * (1.5 s) = 0

u = 14.7 m/s

The maximum height is

h = (14.7 m/s) * (1.5 s) - 0.5 * (9.8 m/s²) * (1.5 s) ²

=11.025 m

Answer: 11.0 m (nearest tenth)