SOLUTION: Please help me to solve this A water sprinkler sprays water over a distance of 30ft. while rotating through an angle of 135 degrees. What area of lawn receives water?

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A water sprinkler sprays water over a distance of 30ft. while rotating through an angle of 135 degrees. What area of lawn receives water?

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Please help me to solve this
A water sprinkler sprays water over a distance of 30ft. while rotating through an angle of 135 degrees. What area of lawn receives water?
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Take the total area of the circle of the radius of 30 ft


    A =  =   square feet.


and MULTIPLY it by the factor    to account for the circle'  SECTOR area.


So, your final formula and the numerical  ANSWER  are


    the area which receives water =  =  = 1059.75 square feet  (rounded). 

Solved.

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Notice that only      of the circle area receives water.



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