SOLUTION: A baseball diamond is a square with sides 22.4m The pitchers mound is 16.8m from home plate on the line joining home plate and second base. How far is the pitchers mound from first
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Question 1117554: A baseball diamond is a square with sides 22.4m The pitchers mound is 16.8m from home plate on the line joining home plate and second base. How far is the pitchers mound from first base? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A baseball diamond is a square with sides 22.4m The pitchers mound is 16.8m from home plate on the line joining home plate and second base. How far is the pitchers mound from first base?
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The angle between the line to the mound and to 1st base is 45 degs.
--> 2 sides and the included angle.
Use the Cosine Law.
