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Math on the playground (Posted on 2002-08-02)

A circular playground has 2 parellel roads running through it. Their lengths are 112m and 50m. The perpendicular distance between these roads is 92m.

Find the diameter of the playground.

See The Solution Submitted by Dulanjana

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(In reply to First Steps by TomM)

as per your recipe:

(2) - (1) yields y' = 59.6

r = 64.7, d = 129.3

Posted by Cheradenine on 2002-08-01 23:16:30

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