SOLUTION: a goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.find the area it can graze

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Question 760014: a goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.find the area it can graze

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area is a circle with radius 7 minus one quadrant,
or 1/4 of the circle. This is 3/4 of the whole circle

m2
Note that the plot just has to have a side longer than
the rope- it doesn't enter into the calculations

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