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A rose garden is formed by joining a rectangle and semicircle. The rectangle is 25ft long and 29 ft wide. If the garden wants to build a fence around the garden, how much feet of fence are required

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Explanation:

normally the perimeter of a rectangle is

2×length + 2×width

in this case here one of the sides in that calculation has to be replaced by the outer circumference of the semicircle.

but which one ? you did not say, whether the semicircle is attached to a length or to a width of the rectangle.

the circumference of a circle is

2×pi×r

r being the radius (= half of the diameter).

so, the outer circumference of a semicircle is

2×pi×r/2 = pi×r

since we don't know the side of the rectangle, I am giving you both calculations here, and you have to pick the right one that fits your original problem definition.

if it is attached to a length (25 ft), then the radius of the semicircle is

25/2 = 12.5 ft

and the whole perimeter is

length + semicircle + 2×width =

= 25 + pi×12.5 + 2×29 =

= 25 + 39.26990817... + 58 = 122.2699082... ft

if it is attached to a width (29 ft), then the radius of the semicircle is

29/2 = 14.5 ft

and the whole perimeter is

2×length + semicircle + width =

= 2×25 + pi×14.5 + 29 =

= 50 + 45.55309348... + 29 = 124.5530935... ft

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