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A leashed sheep eats grass

IBM Research · Ponder This · February 1999

IBM Ponder This #010 · February 1999

There is a circular field of grass with radius R. A sheep is attached by a leash at a point on the edge of the circle.

What must the leash length be for the sheep to eat exactly half of the grass?

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