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

$\\ \tt\longmapsto Diagonal$

$\\ \tt\longmapsto a\sqrt{2}$

$\\ \tt\longmapsto 90\sqrt{2}$

$\\ \tt\longmapsto 90(1.42)$

$\\ \tt\longmapsto 127ft$