A soccer goal, as shows below, is composed of a pair of 8foot upright posts, positioned 48ft apart with a horizontal crossbar an
d netting boxing in the goal. A soccer ball is positioned directly in front of the right goal post. If the ground distance from the ball to the right goal is 14ft, what is the ground distance from the ball to the left goal post?
The distance from the ball to the left post is 50 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since a soccer goal is composed of a pair of 8 ft upright posts, positioned 48ft apart with a horizontal crossbar and netting boxing in the goal, and a soccer ball is positioned directly in front of the right goal post at a distance of 14ft, to To determine what is the ground distance from the ball to the left goal post, the Pythagorean theorem must be applied through the following calculation:
A ^ 2 = B ^ 2 + C ^ 2
A ^ 2 = 14 ^ 2 + 48 ^ 2
A ^ 2 = 196 + 2,304
A = √2500
A = 50
Thus, the distance from the ball to the left post is 50 feet.
