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A cow is tethered to the corner of a shed. If the length of
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A cow is tethered to the corner of a shed. If the length of the rope is 5, and the shed has length 4 and width 3, what is the maximum area that is accessible to the cow? (The cow cannot go inside the shed).
A. \(12\pi\)
B. \(15\pi\)
C. \(16\pi\)
D. \(18\pi\)
E. \(20\pi\)
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Re: A cow is tethered to the corner of a shed. If the length of
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Answer is 20pi.
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Hello,
please feel free to correct me if I am wrong here.
So the cow can move inside a circle with radius 5. This gives us an Area of 25pi.
However the area of the shed must be excluded. So we must substract 12 (3*4) from 25pi = 75.53 - 12 = 66.5
Since we need the answer in PI, divide by 3,14 which gives us 21.18, Hence answer is E
please feel free to correct me if I am wrong here.
So the cow can move inside a circle with radius 5. This gives us an Area of 25pi.
However the area of the shed must be excluded. So we must substract 12 (3*4) from 25pi = 75.53 - 12 = 66.5
Since we need the answer in PI, divide by 3,14 which gives us 21.18, Hence answer is E
