The Quarterback of a Football Team Releases a Pass at a Height

question 39

Multiple Choice

The quarterback of a football team releases a pass at a height of 6 feet above the playing field, and the football is caught by a receiver 78 yards directly downfield at a height of 4 feet. The pass is released at an angle of with the horizontal. Find the time in seconds the receiver has to reach the proper position after the quarterback releases the football. Round your answer to one decimal place.

• A) 2.2 seconds
• B) 12.8 seconds
• C) 22.2 seconds
• D) 3.7 seconds
• E) 7.4 seconds

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Definitions:

Conservation

Refers to the cognitive understanding that certain properties of objects, such as volume or mass, remain unchanged even when their forms or appearances change.

Object Permanence

The concept that entities remain present even when they are not observable, audible, or detectable by any sensory means.

Paired-Associates Learning

A learning process where items to be learned are presented in pairs so that when one item of a pair is presented, the other is recalled.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, a concept crucial in cognitive development in infancy.