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Selina has a 9 meter by 12 meter lawn that she wants to water. She has two Sprinklers, each of which can water grass within an 8.4-meter
radius in a 90° arc Selina wants to set up the two sprinklers so that they are on corners of the lawn. She would like for the sprinklers to
water as much of the lawn as possible, because she will have to manually water the part of the lawn that is not covered by the sprinklers.
Selina considers two different strategies for placing the sprinklers. One strategy is to put the sprinklers at opposite ends of a 12-meter side
of the lawn. The other is to put the sprinklers at opposite corners of the lawn. (See the figures below.) Which strategy appears to be best?

Selina has a 9 meter by 12 meter lawn that she wants to water. She has two Sprinklers, each of which

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Option B

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we know that

It appears as though the overlap is slightly smaller if we place the sprinklers at the two opposite corners of the lawn'

We will compute the total area covered by each placement in order to confirm this.

step 1

Find the area covered if Selina puts the two sprinklers at opposite ends of a 12-meter side of the lawn.

see the attached figure N 1 to better understand the problem

We'll decompose the area covered by the two sprinklers into the isosceles triangle ABX and two circular sectors (one in each circle).

Find the area of triangle ABX

Applying the Pythagorean Theorem find the height of triangle ABX (side XM)

AX^2=XM^2+AM^2

we have

$AX=8.4\ m\\AM=12/2=6\ m$

8.4^2=XM^2+6^2

$XM^2=34.56\\XM=5.88\ m$

The area of triangle ABX is about

$A=\frac{1}{2}(12)(5.88)= 35.28\ m^2$

Find the area of the two sector areas

Find the measure of angle ∠XAM

$m\angle XAM=tan^{-1} (5.88/6)=44.4^o$

The central angle of each sector is equal to

90^o-44.4^o=45.6^o

applying proportion

$\frac{(3.14) (8.4)^2}{360^o}=\frac{x}{45.6^o}\\\\x= 28.06\ m^2$

The area of the two sectors is equal to

$28.06(2)=56.12\ m^2$

The total area covered is approximately

$35.28+56.12=91.4\ m^2$

step 2

Find the area covered if Selina puts the two sprinklers at opposite corners of a 12-meter side of the lawn.

see the attached figure N 2 to better understand the problem

we'll decompose the area covered into the rhombus APBQ and four circular sectors.

Find the area of the rhombus APBQ

we have that

Applying Pythagorean theorem

$AB=15\ m$ -----> AB^2=12^2+9^2

$AX=7.5\ m$

$AP=8.4\ m$

Applying Pythagorean theorem find the length side PX

$PX^2=8.4^2-7.5^2\\PX=3.78\ m$

The area of the rhombus is equal to

$A=\frac{1}{2}(15)(2*3.78)= 56.7\ m^2$

Find the area of the four sectors

Find the measure of angle ∠PAX

$m\angle PAX=tan^{-1} (3.78/7.5)=26.75^o$

The measure of angle ∠PAQ is two times the measure of angle ∠PAX

$m\angle PAQ=2(26.75^o)=53.5^o$

The central angle of the four sectors is equal to

2(90^o-53.5^o)=73^o

applying proportion

$\frac{(3.14) (8.4)^2}{360^o}=\frac{x}{73^o}\\\\x= 44.93\ m^2$

The total area covered is approximately

$56.7+44.93=101.63\ m^2$

step 3

Compare the areas

101.63 91.44

therefore

The strategy of placing the sprinklers at opposite corners of the lawn is the best strategy

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