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The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and just touches two straight garden walls at points W and Y. The walls come together at point X, which is 15 inches from the center of the planter. What is the area of the base of the planter?

(1) Both points Y and W are 9 inches from the center of the planter

(2) Point W is 12 inches from point X

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Re: The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2011, 02:52
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Stmt2 is sufficient too. Draw a line from X to center of circle O. Length is 15.
Also join center of circle to point W. triangle XOW forms right angel triangle with one base 12 and hypotenuse 15. We can find OW (the radius). hence we can find the area.

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Re: The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2016, 02:32
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seemachandran wrote:
Dear Friends

Please help me understand what does 'area of the base of the planter' mean ?
Which area is it exactly asking to calculate



Hi Seema,
here the planter has a circular base, the base shown by the circle..

so basically you are being asked to find the Area of circle shown
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Re: The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2011, 02:56
jamifahad wrote:
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Stmt2 is sufficient too. Draw a line from X to center of circle O. Length is 15.
Also join center of circle to point W. triangle XOW forms right angel triangle with one base 12 and hypotenuse 15. We can find OW (the radius). hence we can find the area.

Also, please include OA under spoilers.

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The Kaplan Practice Set doesn't give any correct answers. It only marks yours as right or wrong

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Re: The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2015, 08:27
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The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and just touches two straight garden walls at points W and Y. The walls come together at point X, which is 15 inches from the center of the planter. What is the area of the base of the planter?

(1) Both points Y and W are 9 inches from the center of the planter

(2) Point W is 12 inches from point X

Show Spoilermy take
Went for A. Having a radius of 9 allows to calculate the size. Wrong answer though


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Re: The circular base of a planter sits on a level lawn, and [#permalink] New post   13 Mar 2016, 00:12
Dear Friends

Please help me understand what does 'area of the base of the planter' mean ?
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