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A roll of wallpaper has a diameter of 20 inches. What is the diameter of the roll of wallpaper when one-fourth of the material has been removed?

a. 75[tex] \pi [/tex] in

b. 10[tex] \sqrt{3} [/tex] in

c. 10 in

d. 10[tex] \sqrt{3}\pi [/tex] in

Respuesta :

DeanR

Fun problem. Let's just look at the side of the roll, it's a circle and we'll assume the wallpaper is rolled all the way up to the center.


The circle has area [tex]\pi (20/2)^2 = 100 \pi [/tex]


When we use 1/4 of the roll we'll have 3/4 left. The material is proportional to the area of the circle we've been looking at, so we seek the radius r where


[tex]\pi r^2 = \frac 3 4 (100 \pi) = 75 \pi[/tex]


[tex]r = \sqrt{75}=5 \sqrt{3} [/tex]


The diameter is twice that:


Answer [tex] 10 \sqrt{3} [/tex]


Choice b.