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Problem - What about
that Freshmen Football
Practice Field?
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The freshman football team is getting a new
practice field and it is on the Empire Street side of the school in the
grassy area west of the parking lot and east of the sidewalk.
Mr. Moore, the coach, is worried about potential injuries to his
players because of the hill and is also wondering how much area he has
to run plays in. Here are
your tasks…
- Find
the angle of depression from the parking lot to the sidewalk using a
clinometer.
- Since
Mr. Moore wants to layout a rectangular field and wants it to be no
closer than 5 YARDS from any source of concrete or the trunk of any
tree, find the largest rectangle that he will be able to make for
his playing field.
- For
extra credit, calculate the fraction of area of a regulation size
high school football field the players will have to practice on
based on your answer to #2.
Materials that you’ll have to work with:
100 meter measuring tape, 8 stakes, clinometer, string,
calculator
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