Question

The image shows a softball field, where the distance from home plate is 90 feet. What is the distance from home plate to second base to the nearest foot?

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Responses

104 ft.
104 ft.

90 ft.
90 ft.

85 ft.
85 ft.

120 ft.
120 ft.
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Answer 1

In softball the bases form a 60-ft square, so home to second is the diagonal: sqrt(60^2 + 60^2) = 60√2 ≈ 84.85 ft, which rounds to 85 ft.