SOLUTION: The bases on a baseball field and the paths between them form a square. Each side is 90 feet long. The pitcher's mound is between home plate and second base. it is 60.5 feet from h
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Question 632569: The bases on a baseball field and the paths between them form a square. Each side is 90 feet long. The pitcher's mound is between home plate and second base. it is 60.5 feet from home plate. How far is it from second base? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The bases on a baseball field and the paths between them form a square.
Each side is 90 feet long.
The pitcher's mound is between home plate and second base.
it is 60.5 feet from home plate. How far is it from second base?
:
Find the hypotenuse (h)
h =
h = 127.3 feet
therefore
127.3 - 60.5 = 66.8 ft to 2nd base
