Tofind:the distance of the home plate from the third base.
Answer to Problem 16SGR
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The
Distance from the home plate to the first base is 65 feet. And the figure is shown below:
Calculation:
According to thequestion, the triangle formed by home plate, first base and second base is congruent to triangle formed by home plate, second base and third base.
Let x represent the distance between a catcher standing on the home plate and the short stop standing on the second base.
Therefore,
Hence, the distance of the home plate from the third baseis
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