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| Question 1167352:  An outdoor playing field has the shape of a rectangle with semicircles at each end as in the diagram below. The total perimeter of the field is 700 metres. Express the total area of the playing field as a function of the radius, r, of one of the semicircles.
 Diagram:   https://instagram.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s240x240/121578245_3456788544403934_4511614689463839637_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=FF0vETAoCzcAX8i3PRu&_nc_tp=15&oh=9b7e1fdd316902eeb32c8ae537192fea&oe=5FB251CD&ig_cache_key=MjQyMDY5MzE1NjgxMjQ2NjcwNg%3D%3D.2
 Answer by CPhill(1987)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! An outdoor playing field has the shape of a rectangle with semicircles at each end as in the diagram below. The total perimeter of the field is 700 metres. Express the total area of the playing field as a function of the radius, r, of one of the semicircles. Diagram:   https://instagram.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s240x240/121578245_3456788544403934_4511614689463839637_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=FF0vETAoCzcAX8i3PRu&_nc_tp=15&oh=9b7e1fdd316902eeb32c8ae537192fea&oe=5FB251CD&ig_cache_key=MjQyMDY5MzE1NjgxMjQ2NjcwNg%3D%3D.2
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