PROBLEM:
A softball diamond is 25 meters long on each side. How many meters does a player run if he makes a homerun?
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ANSWER:
• Diamond is an example of parallelogram in which all sides of it are congruent but only the opposite angles are equal in measure.
What is asked?
- The total number of meters a player run to make a homerun.
- The perimeter of the diamond.
What are the given facts?
- 25 meters long on each side
What is the process needed?
- Addition or Multiplication
What is the number sentence?
- [tex]\rm P=25m+25m+25m+25m[/tex]
- [tex]\rm P=4 \times 25 \: m[/tex]
What is the answer?
- [tex]\rm P = 100 \: meters[/tex]
- A player runs one hundred meters if he makes a homerun.
- The perimeter of the given softball diamond is 100 meters.
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