What is the nearest tenth between first and third base ?

Question

The baseball diamond sides are 90 feet, what is the shortest distance, to the nearest tenth, between first and third base?

Answer 1

The diamond is actually a square. The diagonal of a square is s * √2

90√2 = 127.3'

Answer 2

For a square of side s, the diagonal is s√2.

 

90√2

90(1.414)

_127.27

 

The distance (to the nearest tenth of a foot) between first and third base is one hundred twenty-seven and three tenths feet.