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Question 486470: A baseball diamond is a square. The distance between consecutive bases is 90 feet. How far does a catcher have to throw the ball to get from home plate to second base? Round answer to the nearest whole number. Pythagorean Theorem should be used.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The hypotenuse is the distance from home to second, or side x.
The legs are from home to first and from first to second.
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