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Re: More math memorabilia (a little harder, and a bit longer)
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Neil Harvey <[log in to unmask]>
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Neil Harvey <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 30 May 1996 07:28:51 +0200
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Tony posed the perfect Goat question.
 
My answer:              The rope must be the Perfect length!
 
 
Neil Harvey:)
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>
>A perfect goat is tethered by a perfect rope at the edge of a perfectly
>circular field. The field is enclosed by a (perfect) fence such that
>the goat can not stray outside the confines of the field. How long must
>the rope be in order that the goat can eat exactly half the surface
>area of the field?
>
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