## Basic College Mathematics (10th Edition)

The catcher is throwing the ball for $127.3$ ft from home plate to second plate.
1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the length from second plate to home plate Let $L =$ the length from the two plates $L = \sqrt (90^{2} + 90^{2})$ $L = 127.27922...$ ft $L \approx 127.3$ ft