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?

Answer 1

Explanation:

To find the distance from one corner to the other corner diagonally across a rectangular soccer field, you can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

In this case, the soccer field forms a right triangle, and the width and length of the field are the two sides. The diagonal across the field is the hypotenuse. So, you can calculate it as follows:

Width = 100 meters