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fredag, oktober 28, 2011

Pythagorean Theorem -- The Science of NFL Football



Pythagorean Theorem

Lester Holt explores the path a defender must take in order to tackle a ball carrier, and how this distance--called the "angle of pursuit"--can be calculated by using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle, and the distance of a defender's angle of pursuit.
Credit: NFL, NBC Learn and National Science Foundation (NSF)

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