document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=102269>Question 102269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I really need help understanding how to work this word problem out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If there is a goat tied to a rectangular barn on a 50 foot lead and the barn is 20 feet by 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "feet (floor), what is the maximum grazing area? If there are regions you can't find the area of,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "provide as good an estimate as you can. Assume the goat is tied to a corner outside the barn,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cannot get in, and that the barn is not grazing area. (Remember, this will be based on parts of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "circles, no other shapes...the goat's rope will only get shorter when he tries to go around the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "barn...)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6. How much of the 50 foot circle can the goat reach without getting interrupted by the barn?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is that area?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #74317 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><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=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=74317\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'll answer the 2nd question 1st.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It can graze 3/4 of a circle with a 50' radius.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That area = pi*50^2= 2500*pi*(3/4)= 1875*pi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Of the area not covered it has two 1/4 circles= 1 semicircle with a radius of 30' that area = pi*30^2*.5= 450*pi.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1875*pi + 450*pi = 2325*pi sq. ft. <BR>\n" );
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