A complete and practical solution book for the common school teacher (1899)
Fairchild, J[ohn] T[heodore] [from old catalog] · Crawfis College, Ohio, The author · leaf 225
and 40 yd. wide, has a walk6 ft. wide around it, and paths of the same width through it, joiningthe middle points of the opposite sides: find in square yards the areaof one of the four flower beds enclosed by paths. Solution. (1) Let ABCD be the garden. (2) Theareais60x40=2400sq.yd. (3) Let S, S,… … FIG. 95. MENSURATION. 211 (7) Now, the area of the walks is 282X 2=564 sq. yd. (8) The area of the flower beds is 2400—564=1836 sq. yd. (9) The area of one of the beds is 1836 sq. yd.+4=459 sq. yd. PROBLEM 418. At three corners of a square garden, each side 100 ft., stand towers20 ft., 60 ft., and…
Arithmetic · Geometry
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