Maths Inside Baseball

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This will connect the point of the sector and the end of the home plate.
This will give two triangles. These triangles are congruent, have the same
shape and size, so we only need to know the area of one of them to
calculate the area of the entire infield.


Image 3-11: Diagram of Infield of a Baseball Field V
(Not Drawn to Scale)

In mathematics, there are three different congruence rules in order for
two triangles to be congruent. If you know all the values of the
conditions, the triangle is defined, and any other triangles sharing the
same values will be congruent. Three conditions are when you know:


SSS: Length of three sides
SAS: Length of two sides and angle between them.
ASA: Length of one side and two adjusting angles.

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