Question

Anthony is practicing kicking field goals for his high school football team. He knows that the field goal is 10 feet off the ground.

Part A: If he stands 45 feet from the field goal, how far must he kick the ball in order to make the extra point?
Part B: Explain how you arrived at your conclusion.

Answer 1

to reach he needs to kick along the hypotenuse, with the legs of 40 and 10

Use the Pythagorean theorem

Explanation:

I'm sorry if it is wrong... This is how i understood the problem