Question

Represent Real-World Problems A baseball "diamond" actually forms a square, each side measuring 30 yards. How far, to the nearest yard, must the third baseman throw the ball to reach first base?

Answer 1

where the red line is the distance solution

we can take a triangle, than has a right angle becase is from a square

so

and use pythagoras

`\begin{gathered} 30^2+30^2=D^2 \\ D=\sqrt[]{30^2+30^2} \\ D=30\sqrt[]{2}\approx42.43 \end{gathered}`

so, the distance is 42 yards