Question

a restaurant uses square tables with sides of length 1.3m, and round tablecloths with diameter 2m. Determine the percentage of each tablecloth which overhangs its table.

Answer 1

46.21%

Explanation:

The area of the table top is 1.3 x 1.3 = 1.69 m²

The area of the circular tablecloth is given by πr² where r is the radius of the table cloth

Give diameter of tablecloth is 2m, radius r = 2/2 = 1 m

Area of tablecloth = π · 1² = π

So the excess area of the tablecloth which overhangs

= π - 1.69 = 1.45 m² (taking π = 3.14)

So the fraction of the tablecloth that overhangs
= Excess area of tablecloth ÷ total area of tablecloth
= 1.45 /π

= 0.4621

As a percentage this would be
0.4621 x 100

= 46.21%