Question

A hockey player needs to shoot a puck 55 meters from his current location to his opponent's goal to score a goal. After the shot, the puck is 120 centimeters from his opponent's goal. If there are 100 centimeters in 1 meter, how many meters did the puck travel?

Answer 1

(25,0)

(50,20)

symmetric

Explanation:

Answer 2

The puck traveled 53.8 meters.

Explanation:

Currently, the player is 55 meters away from the opponent's goal.

After the shot, the puck is 120 centimeters = 1.2 meters from the opponents goal.

So, this means that the puck traveled 55 - 1.2 = 53.8 meters.