Question

Discs of a radius 4cm are cut from a rectangular plastic sheet of length 84cm and width 24 cm

How many complete discs can be cut out?

The total area of the discs?

The total area of the sheet wasted?​

Answer 1

Answer: 40

Explanation:

Given

Radius of disc
`r=4\ cm`

The dimension of the sheet is
`84* 24\ cm^2`

Area of a single disc

`\Rightarrow a=\pi r^2=(22)/(7)* 4^2\\\\\Rightarrow a=(352)/(7)\ cm^2`

Area of sheet

`\Rightarrow A=84* 24=2016\ cm^2`

No. of discs that can be cut off the sheet are

`\Rightarrow n=(A)/(a)=(2016)/((352)/(7))=(2016*7)/(352)\\\Rightarrow n\approx 40`

The total area of the disc is

`\Rightarrow na=40*(352)/(7)=2011.428\ cm^2`

Sheet wasted

`\Rightarrow A-na=2016-2011.428=4.57\ cm^2`