The Watchdog



This puzzle is designed to test your ability in calculus:

A watchdog is tied to the outside wall of a round building 20 feet in diameter. If the dog's chain is long enough to wind half way around the building, how large an area can the watchdog patrol?

I give up, show me the Answer



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