What is the length of a the diagonal of a football field that is 100 yards long and 60 yards wide? Explain how you found your answer

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anonymous · Answer

pythagorean theorm

anonymous · Answer

100^2 +60^2 = c^2

a and b are always the sides that form a right-angle.  c is always the hypotenuse.

Do you know how to solve this?

anonymous · Answer

hmmm im not really sure

anonymous · Answer

10000 + 3600 = c^2

c= sqrt(10000 +3600)

anonymous · Answer

On that last step, I square-rooted both sides.  If you sqrt(c^2), then that makes it c.  And then you also have to square-root the right side in order to make things "balanced" or whatever you call it.

anonymous · Answer

thank you

anonymous · Answer

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