document.write( "Question 363888: A baseball diamond is in the shape of a square, 90 feet on a side.
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document.write( "Let c represent the direct distance from the home plate to second base
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document.write( "applying the Pythagorean Theorem, c being the hypotenuse.
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document.write( "90^2 + 90^2 = c^2
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document.write( "127.279 ft = c, the direct distance from the home plate to second base
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