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A circular lawn has a path of uniform width around it. The area of the path is 21% of the area of the lawn. If the path is 7m wide, what is the radius of the lawn?
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Calculate the radius of the lawn
Define the radii and areas.
Let be the radius of the lawn.
The area of the lawn is .
The path has a uniform width of 7 m, so the outer radius (lawn + path) is .
The total area (lawn + path) is .
The area of the path is .Set up the equation based on the given information.
We are given that the area of the path is of the area of the lawn.
Simplify the equation by dividing by and expanding.
Rearrange into a quadratic equation and solve for .
Multiply by 100 to clear decimals:
Divide by 7:
Using the quadratic formula :
We get two possible values for :
Since the radius cannot be negative, we take the positive value.
The radius of the lawn is .
Part b
Calculate the total number of posts required for the fencing
Calculate the circumference of the inner and outer sides.
For this problem, we will use for exact integer results for the number of posts.
Inner radius m.
Inner circumference m.
Outer radius m.
Outer circumference m.Calculate the number of posts for each side.
Posts on the inner side are at intervals of 10 m:
Posts on the outer side are at intervals of 11 m:
Calculate the total number of posts.
Total posts = posts.
The total number of posts required is .
Part c
Calculate the total cost of the posts
Use the total number of posts and the cost per post.
Total number of posts = 88.
Cost per post = sh 105.Calculate the total cost.
Total cost = Total number of posts Cost per post
Total cost = sh.The total cost of the posts is .
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