document.write( "Question 186552: Consecutive bases of a square-shaped baseball diamond are 90 feet apart. Find the exact distance from first base diagonally across the diamond to third base. Then approximate this distance.\r
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document.write( "So far I tried:
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document.write( "90 squared + 90 squared = c squared
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document.write( "8100 + 8100 = c squared
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document.write( "16200 = c squared
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document.write( "when taken by the square root I get
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document.write( "9 square root of 2 = c
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document.write( "approximate distance is 34 feet \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #139797 by vleith(2983)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! oops, dropped an order of magnitude. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "which is \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |