Question

A professional baseball diamond is a square. The distance from base to base is 90 ft. To the nearest foot, how far does a catcher standing at home plate throw the ball across the diagonal of the square to second base?

Group of answer choices

64 feet

127 feet

94 feet

180 feet

Answer 1

• Side=90ft=a

`\\ \tt\longmapsto Diagonal`

`\\ \tt\longmapsto a√(2)`

`\\ \tt\longmapsto 90√(2)`

`\\ \tt\longmapsto 90(1.42)`

`\\ \tt\longmapsto 127ft`