A soccer player is going to kick a ball from one corner of a field to the opposite corner. If the field is 64 meters long and 48 meters wide, how far will the soccer play have to kick the ball?

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Daniel Strickland

24 June, 21:15

A soccer player is going to kick a ball from one corner of a field to the opposite corner. If the field is 64 meters long and 48 meters wide, how far will the soccer play have to kick the ball?

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Collin · Answer 1

The path of the ball is the diagonal of the rectangle.

You can use the Pythagorean theorem.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

64^2 + 48^2 = c^2

4096 + 2304 = c^3

6400 = c^2

c = 80

Answer: 80 meters