A quarterback at point A trows the football to a reciver at point B. the reciver is 14 yards to the right and 25 yards downfield from the quarterback. how far did the ball trave…

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Quitiweb · Answer 1 · 2023-12-21T05:36:07+0000

Solution

For this case we can create the following plot:

We can find the value of x with the Pythagoras Theorem like this:

$x=\sqrt[]{14^2+25^2}=28.65yd$

Then we can conclude that the distance travelled is 28.65 yards