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A man running round a race course, notes that the sum of the distances of two flag-posts from him is always 10 meters and the distance between the flag- posts is 8 meters. The area of the path he encloses in square metres is-
- 15
- 12
- 18
- 8
Hint:
find the values of a,b and e from the problem statement. area of ellipse = πab
The correct answer is: 15
15π m2
From the given problem, we can understand that the race track is an ellipse. 2ae = 8 and 2a = 10
e=4/5
b= 5(3/5) = 3
area of ellipse = πab = 15π m2
πab is the area of ellipse. in order to use this, we need the values of a and b which can be calculated from the given information.
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