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Geometry Level 3

There are 3 paths that Mary can take to get from A and B; The straight line segment on the bottom, a right triangle, and the outside semi-circle path. If the bottom path is 4 miles long, how long (in miles) the sum of the other two distances? If the answer can be expressed as a + b π \sqrt{a} + b \pi , where a , b a, b are positive integers, find a + b a + b .

Extension: Find the ratio of the triangular and semi-circular paths. Does that ratio hold still for other lengths of the base? If the bottom path was 5 miles, would all ratios between the sides stay the same?


The answer is 34.

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Zulqarnain Ansari
Aug 18, 2015

@Clive Chen Using the approximation of π = 3 \pi = 3 is way off. Can you rephrase the question in a better way?

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 10 months ago

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