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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