This problem was part of my OU Maths foundation course. It does not have a simple solution, involves a lot of trigonometry and then iteration to converge to the solution. As I recall, the answer, was about 0.6 of the radius.
Laurie On 2 September 2017 at 13:52, AndyHC <[email protected]> wrote: > The first computer I owned was a Dragon32, but I had learned BASIC years > before on a GE remote time-sharing mainframe. > With the instructor's help I wrote an algorithmic solution to a maths > puzzle that had plagued me for years. > If anyone wants to try it, here's the puzzle: > > A farmer tethers a bull at the circumference of a circular field of known > diameter so the bull can graze half of the area of the field. > How long is the rope? > /(This is supposed to have been set, by accident, as an O level maths > question - it should probably have said the centre of the field, although > that would be a bit trivial.)/ > <snip> > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/camvtr9efgotcn3uum1mjv_88rnfacwfmfd5xne9rqh7kp+v...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
