Finding the Area of a Major League Baseball Field

Using a Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball field template for guidelines, we estimate the cost of building the largest possible field accepted under MLB standards. This includes finding the areas of both the clay and grassy regions and determining how many bags of clay and fertilizer are required...

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Main Author: Jacob Courchaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida 2013-01-01
Series:Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol5/iss1/7/
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spelling doaj-6301c185340f403db55f89a9723b010b2020-11-24T23:05:44ZengUniversity of South FloridaUndergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two2326-36522326-36522013-01-01517http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2326-3652.5.1.7 Finding the Area of a Major League Baseball FieldJacob Courchaine0University of South FloridaUsing a Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball field template for guidelines, we estimate the cost of building the largest possible field accepted under MLB standards. This includes finding the areas of both the clay and grassy regions and determining how many bags of clay and fertilizer are required to cover the field. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol5/iss1/7/
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