SOLUTION: A baseball diamond is a square with an area of 8100 square feet. How far does a catcher have to throw the ball to throw the ball to throw out a runner who is trying to steal second
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Question 939642: A baseball diamond is a square with an area of 8100 square feet. How far does a catcher have to throw the ball to throw the ball to throw out a runner who is trying to steal second base.
Answer by Danielshinmath(31) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean theorem. Since the sides are both 90 feet, the diagonal, or the distance from the catcher to the 2nd base is 90^2+90^2=90^2.
So the answer is
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