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Old June 24th, 2009, 12:17 AM
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Default rectangle and semicircle

a door is in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the width of the rectangle. if the perimeter of the door is 7 m, and the radius of the circle is r metres, express the height of the rectangle in terms of r
i found pretty easily h = 0.5 (7 - 4r - pi x r)
but the answer says 2r, not 4r. who is a making a mistake here? w = 2r right?
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