Asked by Mandla
A wire 360cm is cut into two pieces.One piece is formed into a square and the other is formed into a circle.If two figures have the same area,what are the two lenghts of two pieces of wire( to the nearest hundreth of centimeter?,show all the necessary working clearly.
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Answered by
Steve
if the square has side s
and the circle has radius r, then
r+s = 360
pi r^2 = (360-r)^2
(pi-1)r^2 + 720r - 129600 = 0
r = 129.85
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and the circle has radius r, then
r+s = 360
pi r^2 = (360-r)^2
(pi-1)r^2 + 720r - 129600 = 0
r = 129.85
...
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