The sides of a triangular field are 15 m, 16 m and 17 m. With the three corners of the field a cow, a buffalo and a horse are tied separately with ropes of length 7 m each to graze in the field. Find the area of the field which cannot be grazed by the three animals.
Let their angles of a triangle are and the rope’s length (radius) = 7 cm
Area of the sector with angle A =
Area of the sector with angle B=
Area of sector with angle C=
The sum of the areas are
{ Sum of angles of a triangle = }
=77 m2
The sides of the triangular field are 15m, 16m and 17m
Let a =15m, b =16m, c = 17m
Area of triangular field
So the area of the field which cannot be grazed by the animals = Area of the triangular field – The area of sectors of the field