Question

a slow pitch softball diamond is 65-foot square with a base at each corner. if catcher throws directly from home plate to second how many feet will ball travel?

Answer 1

Given that,

slow pitch softball diamond is 65-foot square with a base at each corner

if catcher throws directly from home plate to second , to find the number of feet will ball travel

That is to find the diagonal of the shape (square), by pythagoras theorem, we get,

Square of the hypotenuse is equal to the square of the sum of the other two sides.

we get,

Distance the ball travel is

`\sqrt[]{65^2+65^2}`
`=65\sqrt[]{1+1}`
`=65\sqrt[]{2}`

Answer is: 65 root 2 ft.