Question

The distance between bases on a baseball diamond (a perfect square) is 90 feet and the pitchers mound is one-half the distance between home and second base. If Burt Hooton throws a slider at 87 mi/hr, how many seconds will it take for the ball to reach the plate?

Answer in units of s.

Please help me! Thank you!

Answer 1

First you have to use right triangles to find out how far away from the plate, then just use multiplication to find the final answer.