SOLUTION: A baseball diamond is a square. The distance from base to base is 90 feet. What is the distance from home plate to second base?

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Question 702400: A baseball diamond is a square. The distance from base to base is 90 feet. What is the distance from home plate to second base?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance is exactly 90*sqrt(2) ft

This is approximately 127.2792206 ft (use a calculator)

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