document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1151755>Question 1151755</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two faulty tennis ball machines start to shoot balls from opposite sides of a 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meter by 10 meter tennis court. The green ball machine shoots green balls that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stop on the court 5 meters to 20 meters from the green machine's side. The<BR>\n" );
document.write( "yellow ball machine shoots yellow balls that stop on the court 2 meters to 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meters from the yellow machine's side. Find the area of the tennis court that has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "balls of either color on it. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two faulty tennis ball machines start to shoot balls from opposite sides of a 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meter by 10 meter tennis court. The green ball machine shoots green balls that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stop on the court 5 meters to 20 meters from the green machine's side. The<BR>\n" );
document.write( "yellow ball machine shoots yellow balls that stop on the court 2 meters to 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meters from the yellow machine's side. Find the area of the tennis court that has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "balls of either color on it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The balls cover the area from  min(5, 2) = 2 meters to  max(20,16) = 20 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of this area is 20-2 = 18 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Regarding the width of the area, the problem keeps silence about it,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but we can accept/admit that the width is equal to the width of the tennis court of 10 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the covered area is &nbsp;(or can be estimated as) &nbsp;18 * 10 = 180 square meters.    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>ANSWER</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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