How far does the first-base player need to throw the ball so it will reach third base? write your answer correct to two decimal places.

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,

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