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11. On the Junior League baseball field, you run 60 feet to first base and then 60 feet to second

base. You are out at second base and then run directly along the diagonal to home plate. Find

the total distance that you ran. Round your answer to the nearest tenth. (Hint: Draw a

picture to help you solve).

Tell whether a triangle with the given side lengths is a right triangle.

12.

54, 11

13.

39, 8, 5

14.

11 in, 60 in, 61 in

15. You are creating a flower garden in the triangular shape shown.

You purchase edging to go around the flower garden. The

edging costs $1.50 per foot. What is the cost of the edging?

Round your lengths to the nearest whole number.

Tell whether the rational number is a reasonable approximation of the square root.

590

277

16.

17.

160

Classify the real number. Choose all that apply from the given list below.

(whole, natural, integer, rational, irrational)

18.

19.

1.3

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100

20.

2.375

21.

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