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Question from mido, a teacher: One dog was linked to the outer wall of a building round of 20 meters in diameter. If the length of chain linking the dog sufficient turnover of half the distance around the building, |
Mido,
This is a version of a collection of problems commonly called goat problems. You can see various versions of this problem if you go to the Quandaries and Queries page on Math Central and use the Quick Search to search for the word goat. A solution to the problem you sent can be found on the MathWorld site.
Harley
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