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Garden Path (Posted on 2006-05-10)

A gardener has a rectangular garden 11m (AD) by 29m (AB) and wants to install a diagonal path exactly 1m wide. The edges of the path are ED and BF as shown in the diagram.

A_____________E__B
|            /  /|
|          /  /  |
|        /  /    |
|      /  /      |
|    /  /        |
|  /  /          |
|/__/____________|
D   F            C

Find the exact area of the path. (Note: EB is not the width of the path.)

See The Solution Submitted by Jer

Rating: 3.6667 (3 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2023-12-11 08:09:57
A bit of a stretch	Eric	2006-05-11 20:24:55
Garden Path	fontrier99	2006-05-10 19:35:35
My problem: EB and DF are not 1m	John	2006-05-10 18:04:38
Is it more complicated than this?	John	2006-05-10 17:55:23
Solution	Dej Mar	2006-05-10 17:25:18
Solution	Bractals	2006-05-10 15:00:31
Solution - guessing again	Leming	2006-05-10 14:47:17
solution	Charlie	2006-05-10 14:39:42
re: Solution- I guess	Jer	2006-05-10 13:25:05
Solution- I guess	Leming	2006-05-10 12:35:42
My Guess	Wokachilla	2006-05-10 12:21:47

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