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= TENNIS SERVE! =


 * Assuming the ball won't be changing direction for spin, determine the lowest angle that a tennis ball can hit the far back corner of a tennis court in a single match on a serve. Based on what you consider to be reasonable limitations, determine the highest angle that a tennis ball can be hit the far back corner of a single tennis match on a serve.**

First Equation: sin^1(1/39) Second Equation: 78tan(1.46)

We used our first equation to find the bottom angle of our triangle. With this information, we could then find the other angle by adding the angle we got, which was 1.46 and 90, and then that number subtract that from 180. We found that the greatest angle the tennis ball could be hit was 88.45 degrees. We also had to find the height of the person serving. We used the second equation and plugged in our information which came out to give us the height of the person which was 1.98 meters. All in all, the greatest angle that a person serving could hit the tennis ball to land in the back corner of the box would be 88.45 degrees.

William Murray Kreider David Wink Charles III Claudia Buzzard-Roddick Jarid Horace Tanguy