A landscape is designing a display of flowers for an area in a public park. The flower seeds will be planted at points lie on a circle that has a diameter of 8 feet. The point where seed is planted must be at least 2 feet away from seeds on the either side of it.
A. What is the maximum number o flower seeds that can be planted using design?
B. After planting the flower seeds, the landscaper has 20 seed left over. The landscaper wants to plant all, the remaining seeds in another circle so that the seeds are 2 feet apart. To the nearest tenth of a foot. What is the diameter o the smallest circle that the landscaper can use to plant all of the remaining seeds.
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A. To determine the maximum number of flower seeds that can be planted using the given design, we need to calculate the distances between the seeds and divide the circumference of the circle by this distance.
The diameter of the circle is 8 feet, so the radius is half of that, which is 8/2 = 4 feet.
The minimum distance between seeds is 2 feet on each side, so the total distance between adjacent seeds is 2 + 2 = 4 feet.
To calculate the number of seeds, we divide the circumference of the circle by the distance between seeds. The circumference of a circle is given by the formula: circumference = 2 * π * radius.
Substituting the values: circumference = 2 * π * 4 = 8π feet.
Number of seeds = circumference / distance between seeds = 8π / 4 = 2π.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a seed, we round this value down to give the maximum possible number of seeds.
Therefore, the maximum number of flower seeds that can be planted using this design is 6.
B. The landscaper wants to plant all the remaining 20 seeds in another circle, with the seeds being 2 feet apart. To find the diameter of this circle, we can use the formula for circumference: circumference = 2 * π * radius.
Let's denote the radius of this circle as r.
The total circumference of this circle must be equal to the number of seeds (20) multiplied by the distance between seeds (2 feet): circumference = 20 * 2 = 40 feet.
Using the circumference formula, we can write the equation as: 2 * π * r = 40.
Solving the equation for r, we find: r = 40 / (2 * π) ≈ 6.37 feet.
The diameter of the circle is twice the radius, so the diameter would be approximately: diameter ≈ 6.37 * 2 ≈ 12.74 feet.
Therefore, the diameter of the smallest circle the landscaper can use to plant all of the remaining seeds is approximately 12.74 feet (rounded to the nearest tenth).
A. To determine the maximum number of flower seeds that can be planted using this design, we need to find out how many seeds can fit along the circumference of the circle without violating the minimum distance requirement.
The circumference of a circle can be calculated using the formula C = πd, where C is the circumference and d is the diameter. In this case, the diameter is given as 8 feet, so the circumference is C = π * 8 = 8π feet.
To determine the maximum number of seeds that can be planted, we need to divide the circumference by the minimum distance required between the seeds, which is 2 feet. So, the maximum number of seeds is 8π / 2 = 4π seeds.
Therefore, the maximum number of flower seeds that can be planted using this design is 4π seeds.
B. The landscaper has 20 leftover seeds and wants to plant them in another circle while maintaining a minimum distance of 2 feet between the seeds. In this case, we need to calculate the diameter of the circle.
To find the diameter, we can use the formula d = (c / π) - 2s, where d is the diameter, c is the circumference, π is approximately 3.14, and s is the number of seeds.
In this scenario, the circumference will be the total circumference required for the 20 remaining seeds. So, the circumference is c = 2s * 2π = 4sπ.
By substituting the values into the formula, we have d = (4sπ / π) - 2s. Since s = 20, we can calculate the diameter as follows:
d = (4 * 20 * π / π) - (2 * 20)
= (80π / π) - 40
= 80 - 40
= 40 feet
Therefore, the diameter of the smallest circle that the landscaper can use to plant all of the remaining seeds is approximately 40 feet to the nearest tenth of a foot.
C = pi * d
C = 3.14 * 8
C = 25.12 feet
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