SOLUTION: Marcus is playing baseball at a local park. He and his friends refer to the playing field as a diamond but it is classified as which kind of polygon?
A. Triangle
B. Quadrilater
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A. Triangle
B. Quadrilater
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Question 1139402: Marcus is playing baseball at a local park. He and his friends refer to the playing field as a diamond but it is classified as which kind of polygon?
A. Triangle
B. Quadrilateral
C. Pentagon
D. Hexagon Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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The field itself is called a DIAMOND - that's a four-sided shape with two sharp angles at the top and bottom or at the two sides, like two triangles back to back. Home plate is a PENTAGON - a five-sided figure that's like a triangle on top of a square or rectangle.
C. Pentagon
