A play ground has the shape of a rectangle, with two semi-circles on its smaller sides as diameters, added to its outside. If the sides of the rectangle are 36m and 24.5m, find the area of the play ground..
Given:
AB = 36m
BC = 24.5m
Area of rectangular portion = 36×24.5 = 882m2
Radius of semicircular portion =
Area of both semicircular portion =
= 471.625
Area of play ground = 882+471.625 = 1353.62