A dog is tied on a triangular pillar with each side measuring 5 meters in the middle on an unfenced lot with infinite area. If the chain is 12 m long, what is the total span of area (in square meters) that the dog can reach? Assume the dog's size to be infinitesimal, and that the chain is not elastic.
Express your answer as floor where A is the total span of area (in square meters) that the dog can reach.
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The pink,yellow and green sections are the ones the dog can reach to. The area of the red sector is : A = 6 5 × π × r 2 = 6 5 × π × 1 2 2 = 1 2 0 π Because the triangle is equilateral, the angular sector makes an angle of 360-60=300=360*5/6
Now we have to determine the area formed by the triangle SAC. S is on the cercle of center C and radius 7 so SC=7, S is also on the cercle of center A and radius 7, so SA=7. Therefore SAC is isosceles. Therefore (SZ) is the perpendicular bisector of segment [AC]. Therefore using the Pythagorean theorem : S Z = S C 2 − Z C 2 = 7 2 − 2 . 5 2 = 4 2 . 7 5
Thus, A y e l l o w = 2 A C × S Z = 2 5 × 4 2 . 7 5 =16.346
Now for the green angular sectors. We have to find the angle E A S . E A C + C A B = 1 8 0 S o , E A C = 1 2 0 Z A S = cos − 1 ( A S A Z ) = cos − 1 ( 7 2 . 5 ) T h e r e f o r e , E A S = 1 2 0 − cos − 1 ( 7 2 . 5 ) ≃ 5 0 . 9 2 5 T h e n , A g r e e n = 2 × 3 6 0 π × 7 2 × 5 0 . 9 2 5 ≃ 1 3 . 8 6 3 π F i n a l l y A t o t a l = 1 2 0 π + 1 3 . 8 6 3 π + 1 6 . 3 4 6 = 4 3 6 . 8 8 T h e a n s w e r i s 4 3 6 .