Problema Solution
A football team snaps the ball from their 10 yard line. Thae quarterback throws to a reciever who lined up 20 yards to the right of the quarterbak and ran straight down field. If the pass wa 25 yards, how far downfield was th receive when he caught the ball?
Answer provided by our tutors
This forms a right triangle with the pass being the hypotenuse (25 yds), therefore
let r = dist run downfield
:
r^2 + 20^2 = 25^2
which is
r =
r = 15 yds