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	7 spheres on a hexagonal tray		2019-01-14
		From herm: what is the length of each side of a hexagonal tray, with the height of each side 0.75 inch, to hold seven spheres, each with a diameter of 3.00 inches? The spheres are placed such that each side of the hexagon is touched by one sphere at its midpoint (and the seventh sphere is place in the center of the "ring" of the other six spheres. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Baseball Cards		2017-04-20
		From Raquel: A minor league baseball team gave away baseball cards to each person entering the stadium. One group receives 28 baseball cards. A second group received 68 baseball card. If each person entering the stadium receive the same number of cards, what was the greatest possible number of baseball cards that each person could have received? Answered by Penny Nom.
	6 inches of dirt in a baseball field		2014-06-01
		From Mary: The baseball field is 20,000 Square feet, 6 inched deep I need to know how many cubic yards of dirt this will generate. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A player runs from second base to third base		2011-01-30
		From Marie: A baseball diamond is a square with side 90 feet in length. A player runs from second base to third base at a rate of 18 ft/sec. At what rate is the area of the trapezoidal region, formed by line segments A, B, C, and D changing when D is 22.5 Distance A is the players distance from first base when running from 2nd to third. Distance D is his distance from 3rd base. Distance C is the distance from 3rd to 3rd to Home. Distance B is the distance from Home to First. I have found dA/dt in a previous problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How far must the pitcher travel to get to the ball?		2010-11-04
		From ken: A baseball player bunts a ball down the first base line. It rolls 35ft at an angle of 26 degrees with the first base path. The pitchers mound is 60.5 ft from the plate. How far must he travel to get to the ball. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A baseball diamond		2009-11-18
		From maelee: the official distance between home plate and second base in baseball diamond is 120ft. Find the area of the official ball diamond & the distance between the bases. Answered by Robert Dawson, Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	A drawing of a baseball diamond		2009-11-09
		From Beth: My husband has a drawn diagram on a piece of paper of a baseball diamond. He knows that on the paper 1 1/16" (1.6875") = 90 actual feet. How do we calculate how many feet 5 7/8" on the paper would be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The path of a baseball		2008-06-04
		From Tom: How high would a batter have to hit a ball to clear the stadium roof in right field if the distance to the right field fence is 320 feet from home plate? Is this solvable? Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	Related rates and baseball		2004-04-26
		From Bethany: A baseball diamond is the shape of a square with sides 90 feet long. A player running from second to third base at a speed of 28 feet/ second is 30 feet from second base. At what rate is the player's distance from home plate changing? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Baseball games		2004-03-14
		From Fabian: Let's say I have 12 different Baseball games. There is one of only 2 possible outcomes for each of the 12 games. How would I fugure out how many combinations there are for the 12 games and for 11,10, and so fourth. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many hits?		2003-04-06
		From Jack: My name is Jack. I'm a uncle. Student is in the 5th grade email is above. If a baseball player at sping training had a good season with the following: one seventh of his hits were doubles. 12.5% of his hits were home runs. But didn't have any triples. How many hits did he have? Can you give me an explanation of you solved the problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jimmy's hits		2002-10-27
		From Patty: One seventh of Jimmy's hits were doubles 12.5% of his hits were homeruns Jimmy had 82 singles He did not have any triples How many hits did Jimmy have? (Be sure to include the equation that represents the number of hits) Answered by Penny Nom.
	Baseball, basketball and football		2002-10-08
		From Debbie: The school newspaper is interviewing 6th grade students to see what sports they follow regularly on TV. Of the 70 students interviewed; 40 enjoyed basketball; 40 enjoyed baseball; 40 enjoyed football; 20 enjoyed basketball and football; 22 enjoyed baseball and basketball; 27 enjoyed football and baseball; and 12 enjoyed all three sports. How many students out of the 70 interviewed didn't follow any one of the three sports? Answered by Leeanne Boehm, Penny Nom and Walter Whiteley.
	Baseball and sit ups		2002-01-31
		From A student: A baseball team won 8 more games than it lost. If it played 56 games, how many games did it win? On the first day of practice, Paul did 3 sit ups. On the second day he did 5, and on the the third day he did 8, and on the fourth day he did 12. If this pattern continued, how many sit-ups did ihe do on the sixth day of practice? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The best of 7		2001-09-08
		From Michelle: Professional basketball, hockey, and baseball championships are decided on the best 4 out of 7 games. The first team to win four games wins the championship. In how many possible ways could the team win the championship series after winning the first game? Example: Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Result W L L W W W Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	Play ball		2000-02-03
		From Jessie: Here's a calc question that is probably a lot easier than I am making it. If you have a legendary "baseball problem" for the related rates section of Calc I, and you are given that the runner is running from 2nd to 3rd base at a given rate, and the umpire is standing at home plate, and you are given the distance between the bases on the field, how do you find the rate of change of the angle between the third base line (from the point of the umpire) and the runner? Here is a sample prob: Runner is moving from 2nd to 3rd base at a rate of 24 feet per second. Distance between the bases is 90 feet. What is the rate of change for the angle (theta, as described previously) when the runner is 30 feet from 3rd base? Answered by Harley Weston.
	.400 in Baseball		1999-12-15
		From Nieve Nielson: I have several questions to ask about the probability of getting a .400 in baseball: What is the probability of a baseball player hitting a .400 in one game, considering that the hitter is up to bat four times? What is the probability of a baseball player hitting a .400 in a season, considering that there are 100 games in a season? With the first two questions in mind: Considering that baseball has been around for about 100 years, about how many people should hit .400 inthat time? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Selecting some players		1999-11-20
		From Korbin Brown: Roger Craig, during his term as team manager of the San Francisco Giants, received a strange communication from the team general manager, Al Rosen. Mr. Rosen told him to select 25 players according to this formula: 1/2 of the team had to be outfielders and infielders 1/4 of the team had to be starting pitchers 1/6 of the team had to be relief pitchers 1/8 of the team had to be catchers Roger was a bit confused by Al's request, yet complied anyway. How did he do it? Answered by Claude Tardif.

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