The Dog's Span II

Calculus Level 5

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 A \left \lfloor \large A \right \rfloor where A is the total span of area (in square meters) that the dog can reach.

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The answer is 436.

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1 solution

Tala Al Saleh
Jun 17, 2015

The pink,yellow and green sections are the ones the dog can reach to. The area of the red sector is : A = 5 × π × r 2 6 = 5 × π × 12 2 6 = 120 π A=\frac { 5\quad \times \quad \pi \quad \times \quad { r }^{ 2 } }{ 6 } =\frac { 5\quad \times \quad \pi \times \quad { 12 }^{ 2 } }{ 6 } =120\pi 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 = 42.75 SZ=\sqrt { { SC }^{ 2 }-{ ZC }^{ 2 } } =\sqrt { { 7 }^{ 2 }-{ 2.5 }^{ 2 } } =\sqrt { 42.75 }

Thus, A y e l l o w = A C × S Z 2 = 5 × 42.75 2 Ayellow=\frac { AC\times SZ }{ 2 } =\frac { 5\times \sqrt { 42.75 } }{ 2 } =16.346

Now for the green angular sectors. We have to find the angle E A S ^ \widehat { EAS } . E A C ^ + C A B ^ = 180 S o , E A C ^ = 120 \widehat { EAC } +\widehat { CAB } =180\\ So,\quad \widehat { EAC } =120 Z A S ^ = cos 1 ( A Z A S ) = cos 1 ( 2.5 7 ) T h e r e f o r e , E A S ^ = 120 cos 1 ( 2.5 7 ) 50.925 T h e n , A g r e e n = 2 × π × 7 2 × 50.925 360 13.863 π F i n a l l y A t o t a l = 120 π + 13.863 π + 16.346 = 436.88 T h e a n s w e r i s 436. \widehat { ZAS } =\cos ^{ -1 }{ (\frac { AZ }{ AS } ) } =\quad \cos ^{ -1 }{ (\frac { 2.5 }{ 7 } ) } \\ Therefore,\\ \widehat { EAS } =120-\cos ^{ -1 }{ (\frac { 2.5 }{ 7 } ) } \simeq 50.925\\ Then,\quad A\quad green\quad =\quad 2\times \frac { \pi \times { 7 }^{ 2 }\times 50.925 }{ 360 } \simeq 13.863\pi \\ Finally\quad \Alpha total=120\pi +13.863\pi +16.346=436.88\\ The\quad answer\quad is\quad 436.

Did almost the same way. I found angle EAS by sin rule.

Niranjan Khanderia - 5 years, 11 months ago

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