document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=872181>Question 872181</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> lucy has a rectangular plot of land with a length of 20 feet and a width of 10 feet. She wants to design a flower garden in the shape of a circle with two semicircles at each end of the center circle. She will fill in the remaining area with wood chips. If one bag of wood chips covers 5 square feet, how many bags must she buy to fill the shaded area? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #525994 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=525994\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Basically she has two half circles and and on circle at the centre\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which means 2 full circles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The diameter of the circles will be the width of the plot which is 10 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so radius of the circles will be 5 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of circle = pir^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= pi * 5^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 25 pi\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "two circles <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 50 pi is the area of the garden<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=157 sq.ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "area of rectangle = 20 * 10 = 300 sq.ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "area to be covered with chips = 200 -157= 43 sq. ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 sq. ft ----------1 bag<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43 sq. ft ----------- 43/5 = 8.6 bags\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 9 bags\r<BR>\n" );
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