Question

on a baseball diamond, Tom, Jerry,and Mark are each standing at different corners. The distance be tween tom and Jerry is 30 feet. If we assume that the angle at Jerry is a right angle,what is the distance from tom to mark

Answer 1

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Answer:

30√2 feet ≈ 42.4 feet

Explanation:

If the right angle is at Jerry, then Jerry is at a base location between Tom and Mark. That is, Tom and Mark are at opposite corners of the diamond. The distance from Tom to Jerry is the length of one side of the square. Its diagonal is √2 times the side length, so ...

the distance from Tom to Mark is 30√2 feet ≈ 42.4 feet