Love+Means+Nothing+(Tennis)

Mr. Rachor's class Pd. 7 Megan Dan Zach Sam

Love Means Nothing
Problem: Assuming the ball won't be changing direction from spin, determine the lowest angle that a tennis ball can hit the far back corner of a tennis court in a singles match on a serve. Based on what you consider to be reasonable limitations, determine the highest angle that a tennis ball can hit the far back corner of a singles tennis match on a serve.

Highest possible angle:

The height of the person for the highest possible angle was determined using a 6'7" tall person, the extra length from having their arm stretched up, and then adding the length of a racked (not the complete length of the racket, but from the handle until the middle of the face-where the ball would be hit from).

Work: tan^(-1)(116/752.4)=8.76 degrees



Smallest possible angle:

The height of the person for the highest possible angle was determined using a 6'7" tall person, the extra length from having their arm stretched up, and then adding the length of a racked (not the complete length of the racket, but from the handle until the middle of the face-where the ball would be hit from).

Work: tan^(-1)(91/752.4)=6.9 degrees