Question

A plan for a baseball diamond is drawn in a coordinate plane. The baseball diamond is in the shape of a square with vertices at approximately (0, 64), (64, 0), (0, -64), and (-64, 0). One unit in the coordinate plane represents 1 ft. What is the approximate area of the baseball diamond?

Answer 1

The area of the baseball diamond is 8192 sq. units.

We assume the square-shaped, baseball diamond to be ABCD with A = (0, 64), B = (64, 0), C = (0, -64), and D = (-64, 0).

The side of the square can be computed using the distance formula,

D = √((x₂ - x₁)² + (y₂ - y₁)²), when the endpoints of a line are (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂).

Thus, the side of the square,

a = √((x₂ - x₁)² + (y₂ - y₁)²),

or, a = √((64 - 0)² + (0 - 64)²) {Considering A(0,64) and B(64, 0) as the endpoints,

or, a = √(64² + (-64)²),

or, a = √(4096 + 4096),

or, a = 64√2 units.

Now, the area of the square can be calculated using the formula, A = a², where A is the area and a is the side of the square.

Thus, the area of the square = (64√2)² = 4096*2 = 8192 sq. units.

Thus, the area of the baseball diamond is 8192 sq. units.

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