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A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side $15\ m$ by means of a $5\ m$ long rope. Find the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze."


Given: A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side $15\ m$ by means of a $5\ m$ long rope.

To do: To find the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze.

Solution: 


As given in the question, 

The maximum area can be grazed by the horse is the area of the quadrant of the circle with radius $r=5\ m$.

Therefore, Area grazed by the horse$=$ Area of the quadrant $( 5\ m)$

$=\frac{1}{4}\pi r^2$

$=\frac{1}{4}\times3.14\times5^2$

$=\frac{78.50}{4}$

$=19.625\ m^2$

Thus,  $19.625\ m^2$ is the area of the field in which the horse can graze.

Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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