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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Does it matter whether the backboard is fan shaped or trapezoidal?  |
Sorry, we have only (metric) rectangular backboards. They are 180 cm wide (70.86614 inches) and 105 cm high (41.33858 inches). The basket is 15 cm (5.90551 inches) above the base of the backboard, so the base of the backboard is 290 cm (114.17323 inches) from the ground.
Old courts may have 1.20 m high backboards (3.93701 feet), whose base is 2.75 m (9.02231 feet) from the ground. Are you able to convert 9.02231 feet into inches without a calculator? Well, 2.75 meters are just 275 centimeters. Isn't it nice?
The basket is 305 cm from the ground; this makes 10.00656 feet, but according to my converter 0.00656 feet is just 2 mm, which is almost negligible, isn't it?
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