Ok our math teacher decided to give us this annoying problem in geometry with very little information given.
So on a graph per say, a line is shot out from (0, 0) to point
(49, 1). A circle with a circumference of 2.5 inches and it's center on point (1,0) has an annual cross growth of 1.5 inches squared (so i'm guessing the area of the circle increases by 1.5 each year). Now if the cylinder's center on 1,0 increase 1.5 inches squared a year, I have to find out approximately how many months it'll take before the line gets intercepted by a side on the circle. Each square unit on the graph is equal to ten feet. I'm sorry for a crappy explanation, I sort've didn't get much better. But basically you have a straight line from 0,0 to 50,1 and a center of the circle at 1,0 that has a starting circumference of 2.5 inches and a growing area at the rate of 1.5 square inches per year. Please tell me someone has some idea of what the heck to do, don't need to do the calculations just the plan.
2007-06-11
12:38:54
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