What is the perimeter of if is a rectangle that lies flat on a horizontal floor, a vertical semi-circular wall with diameter is constructed, point is the highest point on this wall, and and ?
Solution
The perimeter of equals .
We know that . We need to calculate and .
Let be the point on directly underneath .
Since is the highest point on the semi-circle and is the diameter, then is the centre of the semi-circle.
We join , and .
Since is a rectangle, then and .
Since is a diameter of the semi-circle and is the centre, then is the midpoint of and so .
This means that the radius of the semi-circle is 10, and so as well.
Now and are both right-angled, since is a rectangle.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, and .
Each of and is right-angled at , since the semi-circle is vertical and the rectangle is horizontal.
Therefore, we can apply the Pythagorean Theorem again to obtain and .
Since , then or .
Therefore, the perimeter of is .
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