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During a football game, Adrian carried the ball 50 yards straight up the sideline. A defender from the opposing team saw the play and went for the tackle. If the defender started 16 yards across the field from Adrian and ran a slant to tackle him, approximately how many yards id the defender run to get the tackle?

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Step by step explanation:

Let x be the distance to run

We can solve this situation by using the Pythagorean theorem, which is represented by the following expression:

[tex]\begin{gathered} a^2+b^2=c^2 \\ \text{where,} \\ a=16 \\ b=50 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Substituting and solving for x:

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