Thread: Baseball geometry question!

(the player is between 2nd and third, not third and home)
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A baseball diamond has the shape of a square with sides 90 feet long. A player is 30 feet from third base and is running towards home plate at a speed of 28 feet per second.

A)What is the straight-line distance
between the player and home plate?

b) At t =2 seconds, how far is the player from home plate?

Originally Posted by JaredMims

(the player is between 2nd and third, not third and home)
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A baseball diamond has the shape of a square with sides 90 feet long. A player is 30 feet from third base and is running towards home plate at a speed of 28 feet per second.

A)What is the straight-line distance
between the player and home plate?

Pythagoras ...

b) At t =2 seconds, how far is the player from home plate?

at t = 2, shouldn't the runner be past 3rd on his way home?

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