An image of a baseball field.  A ball is out in the field.  The distance between two bases and the distances between each base and the ball form a right triangle.  The right angle is at one base, and the angle theta is at another.  The hypotenuse is x.

Tony, Alex, and Sarah are practicing together before a big game. Sarah is pitching, Tony is batting and Alex is on first base. Sarah pitches the ball to Tony and he hits the ball into the outfield. The angle between first base and where the ball lands is 33o33^o. Knowing that the distance between bases is 9191 feet, use trigonometric ratios to find the distance that Alex must run to catch the baseball. (Round to the nearest whole number).

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