A soccer player stands at one corner of a field and kicks a soccer ball 95 yards to the opposite corner. If the field is 76 yards long, what is the width?

Respuesta :

= 57 yards.

Step-by-step explanation:

95 yards is the diagonal of the field

76 yards is the length

Find the width.

This set-up will for a right angled triangle with a length of 76 yards and Hypotenuse of 95 yards. Therefore the height will represent the width of our Rectangle.

[tex]{b}^{2} = {c}^{2} - {a}^{2} \\ {b}^{2} = {95}^{2} - {76}^{2} \\ {b}^{2} = 9025 - 5776 \\ \sqrt{ {b}^{2} } = \sqrt{3249} \\ b = 57yards[/tex]