Question

Sports American football fields measure 100 yards long between the end zones, and are 53 1_3yards wide. Is the length of the diagonal across this field more or less than 120 yards? Explain.

Answer 1

`113 (1)/(3)` Yards

Explanation:

solving using Pythagorean Theorem

`a^2+b^2=c^2`

`100^2+53.33^2 = c^2`

`10,000+2844.0889=c^2`

`12844.1=c^2` square root

=
`113 (1)/(3)`

Base on the explanation above we can tell that the length of the diagonal across this field is less than 120 yards.