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Originally Posted by celebur
Simple trigonometry. For a right-angle triangle:
c^2 = a^2 + b^2 (where c is the hypotenuse and a & b are the other two sides)
For a ball diamond, c = distance to 2B, and a = b = base distance.
So c = SQRT(70^2 + 70^2)
No need for the rule book.
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Yes, but not a lot of people realize the bases do not actually form the inside corners of a perfect square - 3 bases do, but 2nd base doesn't. If it did, you're answer would be wrong.
98 feet, 11 and 15.0304 sixteenths inches.