SOLUTION: The official ball diamond is in the form of a square.The distance between the home base and the second base in a baseball is usually 35m. Find the area and the distance between the

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Question 1112138: The official ball diamond is in the form of a square.The distance between the home base and the second base in a baseball is usually 35m. Find the area and the distance between the bases.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, dm322w:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's a right triangle.
The hypotenuse = 35 m.

Answer by dm322w(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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Distance:
c%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%7D%7D%0D%0A%7B%7B%7B%2835%29%5E2=x%5E2}
x%5E2=612.5+m%5E2
=sqrt%28612.5%29
X=24.75 m
A=x%5E2
A=612.5 m^2