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Question 42190: Hi..I have a word problem that I don't know what to do to solve!
A man has a barn that is 20 feet by 10 feet. He ties a cow to one corner of the outside of the barn using a 50 foot rope. What is the total area that the cow is capable of grazing?
I am trying to help my neigbor solve this! Any help you can give me would be much appreciated!
Thankyou!
Joanna
Answer by psbhowmick(489) About Me  (Show Source):
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The barn is represented by the rectangle ABCD in the figure; AB = CD = 20 ft and BC = DA = 10 ft.
The cow is tied to the corner with a 50 ft rope.
So it can graze over the area of the circle shown (centre of circle at corner point A and radius of circle is 50 ft).
It is evident from the figure that the cow will be able to graze over the entire barn (area = 20 x 10 = 200 sq ft).