document.write( "Question 339111: A baseball diamond is actually a square, 90 feet on each side. What is the distance from third base to first base \n" ); document.write( "

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Since the baseball diamond is in the shape of a square, a line from third base to first base would be the diagonal of this square.
\n" ); document.write( "The sides (a and b) of the square are 90 feet in length so we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the diagonal (c).
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"$ Substitute a = 90 and b = 90.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+90%5E2%2B90%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+8100%2B8100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c%5E2+=+16200\"$ Now take the square root of both sides.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"c+=+127.3\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The distance from third base to first base is 127.3 feet. \n" ); document.write( "

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