Final answer:
The football field is 100 yards long and 90 feet wide. Each player will run a total distance of 780 feet around the perimeter of the field.
Step-by-step explanation:
The American football field is 100 yards long, excluding the end zones, and 90 feet wide. First, we will convert the length and width into the same units; yards can be converted into feet since 1 yard is equal to 3 feet.
Therefore, the length of the football field in feet is 100 yards * 3 feet/yard = 300 feet.
The total perimeter of the football field, which a player must run around, is the sum of all four sides, calculated as 2*(length + width) in feet:
- Perimeter = 2 * (300 feet + 90 feet)
- Perimeter = 2 * 390 feet
- Perimeter = 780 feet
Thus, each football player will run 780 feet around the edge of the football field.
To answer an additional question seen in the references, the length of the field in meters can be calculated by first converting 100 yards to feet (100 yards * 3 feet/yard = 300 feet) and then converting feet to meters (300 feet * 1 meter/3.281 feet). Rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter, the field would be approximately 91.4 meters long, as follows:
- Length in meters = 300 feet * 1 meter/3.281 feet
- Length in meters ≈ 91.4 meters