A semicircular cut is made in a rectangle with sides of 20 m and 22 m. Find the radius
A semicircular cut is made in a rectangle with sides of 20 m and 22 m. Find the radius of a semicircle if the area of the resulting figure is 361.5 m2.
First, find the area of the original rectangle (before cutting the semicircle). The area of a rectangle is equal to the product of the length of its sides. We get that the area of the rectangle is:
20 * 22 = 440 m.
Now, if we subtract the area of the resulting shape after cutting out the semicircle from the area of the original rectangle, we get the area of the semicircle:
440 – 361.5 = 78.5 sq. M. is the area of a semicircle.
Now we find the radius of the semicircle. We know that the area of a semicircle is пr ^ 2/2.
That is, пr ^ 2/2 = 78.5. We express r:
r =√ (78.5 * 2 / P)
r = √ (78.5 * 2 / 3.14)
r = √ 50
r = 7.07