SIAM REVIEW Vol. 47‚ No. 4‚ pp. 775–798 c 2005 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Modeling Basketball Free Throws∗ Joerg M. Gablonsky† Andrew S. I. D. Lang‡ Abstract. This paper presents a mathematical model for basketball free throws. It is intended to be a supplement to an existing calculus course and could easily be used as a basis for a calculus project. Students will learn how to apply calculus to model an interesting real-world problem‚ from problem identification all the
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Initiate and executes creative ideas - Familiarize yourself with the backward planning process. Upon receiving a task‚ identify your goal and then choose the actions that are most likely to help you to arrive efficiently at your goal. If you don’t understand the task‚ ask questions and seek clarification to avoid mistakes so you can efficiently accomplish the mission . - Trust your leadership and be open to direct and honest feedback from them and don’t take it personal. There’s value in constructive
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up into huge puddles of tears buried in my pillow‚ asking myself why didn’t they pick me ? "why aren’t I good enough ?!". Making the school Basketball team is something that was a very huge goal for me at the start of every school year‚ and a motive at the start of every summer.Till this day I haven’t made neither my middle school nor high school Basketball team‚ I’ve only came very close. My freshman year of high school is where it hurt the most. I had finally started to get a
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Dad‚ I was wondering if you could get me a basketball hoop so I can play my favorite sport at home. Some of the reasons you should get me a basketball hoop is that I don’t like walking 5 blocks to go to the community basketball hoop‚ it can help me with exercising my body and doing a workout‚ and some of my friends can come over to my house to play on my very own basketball hoop. The reason that I don’t want to walk five blocks to the community basketball hoop is that sometimes there could be another
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Outline Topic: Basketball Central Idea: inform the history‚ rules and development of basketball Thesis Statement: The game of Basketball is very exhilarating and will keep your adrenaline plumbing. Communication and Strategic thinking is the key to teamwork. Hence you will need the help of your teammates to deliver a good pass to you to be able to score the ball into the basket. I. Introduction “To be successful you have to be selfish‚ or else you never achieve. And once you get to your
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from the reactions of both the workers and the consumers. Generally speaking‚ both your life‚ career and companies or organizations depend on a hands on approach in making a decision (Career World‚ 1994). There are eight steps in the decision making process which includes‚ one‚ identifying the problem‚ two‚ identifying decision criteria‚ three‚ allocating weight to the criteria‚ four‚ develop alternatives‚ five‚ analyze alternatives‚ six‚ select an alternative‚ seven‚ implement the alternative‚ eight
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Los Angeles Almanac (2015)‚ there is an estimated of 254‚000 men‚ women‚ and children experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Board of Superiors has pledged millions of dollars to reduce homelessness. The planning process includes employment‚ land use‚ prevention‚ subsidized housing‚ coordination of services and street homelessness outreach. Various partnerships (public‚ private‚ & nonprofits) are working diligently together to house and provide imperative
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One phase of the juvenile court process that is important is the release or detain phase. The detain or release phase is extremely important because at this point the court decides if they want to release a child to their guardian or sentence them to a juvenile correction facility. “Detention can be a traumatic experience because many facilities are prison-like‚ with locked doors and barred windows; Consequently‚ most experts in juvenile justice advocate that detention be limited to alleged offenders
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requirements. The playing surface that the sportsmen play on should be something to know about too. If the surface isn’t correct it could be dangerous to the player. The positions in different sports have different requirements for each position. Although basketball
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College Essay Since I was 7 years old‚ basketball has played an integral part of my life. I have devoted countless hours to not just a sport‚ but a passion‚ an outlet; to the game that I love. When I arrived at Bow Middle School as a fifth grader‚ my classmates and I would always look up to the 7th and 8th grade middle school basketball teams. Every year during winter carnival‚ the boys and girls teams would play a game in front of the entire school. Playing in that game became a dream and a
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