If a baseball diamond is a square of side length 90,how far is the throw to one decimal place from home plate to secound base?

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CountryGirl
May 4, 2018

#127.3#

Explanation:

The throw from home plate the second base is the diagonal of the square

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There is a formula to find the length of the diagonal of a square and it is #ssqrt2#
https://socratic.org/questions/the-diagonal-of-a-square-has-length-7sqrt2-ft-what-is-the-length-of-the-side-of-

Since the length of the side of the baseball diamond is #90#, the length of the diagonal is:

#90sqrt2#

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#90sqrt2 = 127.3#

To one decimal place, the answer is #127.3#

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