SOLUTION: QUESTION ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND THE BASES ARE 90 FEET APART. WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM HOME PLATE TO SECOND BASE IN A STRAIGHT LINE?

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Question 362906: QUESTION
ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND THE BASES ARE 90 FEET APART. WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM HOME PLATE TO SECOND BASE IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
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Home to first and first to second form an isoceles right triangle with the distance from home to second being the hypotenuse.
H%5E2=90%5E2%2B90%5E2
H%5E2=2%288100%29
H%5E2=16200
highlight%28H=127.28%29feet