SOLUTION: Question: If abn athlete runs one lap around the track, how far has she traveled? Use 3.14 for pie and round to the nearest tents. On the picture it shows that the width of the

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Question 175621: Question: If abn athlete runs one lap around the track, how far has she traveled? Use 3.14 for pie and round to the nearest tents. On the picture it shows that the width of the track is 20 yd.
Answer by EMStelley(208) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
More information needs to be known. Are you assuming the track is a perfect circle?
Ok, so it is a rectangle with two semicircles in which the width of the rectangle (and thus the diameter of the half circles) is 20 yd. We are still missing that the length of the rectangle is.
I think you're right, something is wrong. I would let your teacher know ASAP.
I'm pretty sure you need to know one of the other angles in order to do this.