Another method would be to measure this distance with small ticks on a piece of paper and then line this paper up with the well marked yard lines on the football field. Careful counting of the small hashmarks running along the back of the end zone is one way to estimate how far he has run across the field. Teachers should be prepared to help students with these estimations, particularly for Ben Watson. According to our estimations and provided solutions both players ran about the same distance: we have used the tick marks on the football field to estimate these vertical and horizontal distances to the nearest yard. Students must use their measurement skills and make reasonable estimates to set up the triangle and correctly apply the Theorem. The focus here should not be on who ran a greater distance, but on seeing how you can set up right triangles to apply the Pythagorean Theorem to this problem. Students need to reason as to how they can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance ran by Ben Watson and Champ Bailey.
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