A goat

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A goat
Topic Started: Dec 18 2006, 08:18 PM (416 Views)
Michel	Dec 18 2006, 08:18 PM Post #1
Chipmunk Posts: 2,287 Group: Smarty Pants Member #9 Joined: November 30, 2006	Consider a fenced circular field of radius 'r'with a goat tied to a point on the interior of the fence by means of a tether of length 'L'. Tieing a goat to a point on the interior of the fence, find the length of chain that must be used in order to allow the goat to graze exactly one half the area of the field. And the solution is mathy, in other words, it's not a trick question, in other words the goat doesn't chew through the rope and eat the whole field bare.
	You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)


appu_xavier	Dec 22 2006, 01:35 AM Post #2
Poincaré Conjecture Posts: 583 Group: Student Member #6 Joined: November 29, 2006	A mAthy goat?



Michel	Dec 22 2006, 01:36 AM Post #3
Chipmunk Posts: 2,287 Group: Smarty Pants Member #9 Joined: November 30, 2006	Yes, a mathy goat. It's name is Math. What is the answer, then?
	You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)


Noah	Jan 9 2007, 09:06 PM Post #4
Neophyte Posts: 28 Group: Student Member #15 Joined: December 2, 2006	another goat gnawed off the string, but accedentilly cut off Mathsfoot, who died of blood loss. Actually considering the problem, i have no clue



Michel	Jan 14 2007, 06:23 AM Post #5
Chipmunk Posts: 2,287 Group: Smarty Pants Member #9 Joined: November 30, 2006	The tether is chain, okay? Nothing breaks on unhooks or does ANYTHING to the chain, okay? Just take the problem for what it says. I'll bet only Andre can get it.
	You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)


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