Bahasa Inggris Matematika

Additional Problem Chapter 4

6. A basketball player is standing directly in front of the basket at the foul line, which is 15
ft from the basket. The player passes the ball to another player 8 ft directly to the right.
This player takes the shot from that point. If the three-point line is 23 ft 9 inches from the
basket, will this shot count three points if it is made?

Translate :
6. Seorang pemain bola basket berdiri tepat di depan ring basket pada garis pelanggaran, yang
berjarak 15 kaki dari ring basket. Pemain itu melempar bola ke pemain lainnya yang jarak
8 ft tepat di sebelah kanan. Pemain ini melakukan tembakan dari titik itu. Jika jarak untuk
mendapatkan 3 poin adalah 23 ft 9 inci dari ring basket, Apakah tembakan yang dibuat itu
akan dihitung 3 poin?

Solution :
In order for the shot to be worth three poin, the distance to the basket 23 ft 9 in
23 ft 9 in = 23.75
The use of the word directly enables us to assume that we are dealing with perpendicular
distances and, hence, we have to make the diagram of the problem.

From the diagram, the first player is at A, and the second player is at B, and the basket is at C.
BC is the distance we are trying to determine, and it is the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose
legs are AC and AB. The legs of a right triangle are 8 ft and 15 ft. The hypotenuse must be 17
ft from the familiar 8, 15, 17 Pythagorean Triple. We can also use the Pythagorean Theorem.
Let d be the distance
2 = 82 + 152
2 = 64 + 225
 2 = 289

= 289
= 17
The distance is to for a three-point shot. So, the shot will not count three points because
< 23,75 .