SOLUTION: A goat is tired to a 20 ft. tether at an outside corner of a rectangular barn which is 20 ft. x 40 ft. Compute the area in square feet of the complete grazing area for the goat.
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Question 403320: A goat is tired to a 20 ft. tether at an outside corner of a rectangular barn which is 20 ft. x 40 ft. Compute the area in square feet of the complete grazing area for the goat. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
The goat can graze, presuming 100% coverage of grass on the area that the goat can reach, in 75% of a circle with radius 20 feet. Since the problem doesn't ask you to round, use 3/4 as your factor for 75% and leave the answer in terms of
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