Question

A soccer field is a rectangle 100 meters wide and 130 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance the players will run rounded to the nearest whole number?

Answer 1

Explanation:

165 meters.. By Pythagoras Theorem

Diagonal = [(100)^2 + (130)^2]^1/2 = (26900)^1/2 = 165 meters (approximately)