Question

A baseball diamond is a square 90 feet on a side. Find the distance the catcher must throw to the 2nd base in order to throw out a runner stealing second.

Answer 1

@Michele_Laino

Answer 2

can you make a drawing of your problem? I don't know the baseball diamond, since I'm Italian

Answer 3

I'm very sorry I don't know the baseball, since I'm Italian, so I don't know your answer.

Answer 4

@perl can you help me?

Answer 5

thanks!

Answer 6

we are basically looking for the length of the diagonal :)

Answer 7

thanks again! :)

Answer 8

@katlin95 the requested distance d is:
\[\large d = \sqrt {{{90}^2} + {{90}^2}} = ...?\]