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The Watchdog (Posted on 2004-10-28) Difficulty: 5 of 5
A watchdog is tied to the outside wall of a round building 20 feet in diameter. If the dog's chain is long enough to wind half way around the building, how large an area can the watchdog patrol?

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Give it a go | Comment 11 of 29 |
Unless I'm missing something, this is just a circle inside a circle problem.

Area of building (r = 10),  pi*r^2 = 100pi. C = piD = 20pi

Chain Area for Dog (r =  chain = 10pi), pi*r^2 = pi*(10pi)^2 = 100pi^3.

Patrol area = 100pi^3 - 100pi, assuming the dog can't get inside the house.



  Posted by bob909 on 2004-10-29 12:20:18
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