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Example Question #911 : Basic Geometry
In square ABCD, the length of line BC is 
In any square, the diagonal (BC) will always be equal to the length of any side multiplied by √2.
So, if the diagonal is equal to 2√2, then working backwards, you have to divide the diagonal length by √2.
So if the diagonal is equal to 2√2, then any given side should equal 2.
If you add up all the sides, your final answer is 8.
Example Question #252 : Squares
Find the perimeter, 
The formula for the perimeter of a square is
Example Question #253 : Squares
Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.
How many feet does a batter run when they hit a home run?
Because the baserunner is going in a perfect square, they run 90 feet four different times.
We can solve the total distance with the equation
Example Question #914 : Basic Geometry
Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.
If a baserunner is standing on second base and their teammate hits a home run, how far does the baserunner run to reach home plate?
Because the baserunner is on second base, they only have to run from second base to third base and third base to home plate.
This means they run the length of two sides of the square.
So, they run
Example Question #504 : Quadrilaterals
Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.
If a batter is hits a triple and makes it all the way to third base how far did they run?
The batter runs from home plate to first base, first base to second base, and second base to third base.
That means they run three sides of the square infield.
So they ran 90 Feet three times.
Example Question #71 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square
Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.
If a batter ran to first, then started to run toward second base, but decided to go back to first base when they were halfway to second, how far would they have run in total by the time the made it back to first base?
If they run this way they run 90 feet between home plate and first base, 45 feet between first base and the point where they turn around, and 45 more feet from where they turned around to first base. So, they ran
Example Question #71 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square
Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.
If a baserunner is on third base and the batter hits a home run, how far to the two players run in total?
The baserunner on third base runs 90 feet to home plate and is done running.
The batter who hit the home run runs all four sides of the square, so they run 360 feet.
Example Question #918 : Basic Geometry
Know that in a Major League Baseball infield the distance between home plate and first base is 90 feet and the infield is a perfect square.
If a confused batter hits a home run and then runs the bases backwards, how far will they in total run if they make it all the way back to home plate before they realize their mistake, and then run all of the bases again in the correct order?
If running all of the bases once is 360 feet,
then running the bases twice is
Example Question #261 : Squares
A square has an area of 
If the area is 20.25 square inches, that means that the side lengths are all the square root of 20.25.
To find the perimeter, multiply by 4:
Example Question #262 : Squares
True or false: The perimeter of a square with sidelength ten inches is three feet.
True
False
False
The perimeter of a square is four times the length of a side; since the given square has ten inches as the common length of its sides, its perimeter is four times this, or
Since one foot is equal to 12 inches, three feet are equal to
The perimeter of the square is therefore not equal to three feet.
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