Final answer:
The distance covered by the football player is approximately 133.59 meters.
Step-by-step explanation:
The distance covered by the football player can be found by adding up the distances of each segment of their motion. We can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance covered in a diagonal segment.
Let's calculate the distance covered:
- Segment 1: 30 m - 10 m = 20 m
- Segment 2: 65 m - 10 m = 55 m
- Segment 3 (diagonal): sqrt((30 m - 10 m)^2 + (65 m - 10 m)^2) = sqrt(20^2 + 55^2) = sqrt(400 + 3025) = sqrt(3425) ≈ 58.59 m
Adding up the distances: 20 m + 55 m + 58.59 m = 133.59 m