document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41106>Question 41106</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Touchdown. Suppose at the kickoff of a football game, the receiver catches the football at the left side of the goal line and runs for a touchdown diagonally across the field. How many yards would he run? (A football field is 100 yards long and 160 feet wide.) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #26534 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=26534\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We are looking for the diagonal (or hypotenuse) of a rectangle 300 feet by 160 feet...use the Pythagorean Theorem...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = a^2 + b^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = 300^2 + 160^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = 90000 + 25600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = 115600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 340 feet </SPAN>\n" );
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