An athletic field is a 48 yd-by-96 yd rectangle, with a semicircle at each of the short sides. A running track 20 yd wide surrounds the field. If the track is divided into eight lanes of equal width, with lane 1 being the inner-most and lane 8 being the outer-most lane, what is the distance around the track along the inside edge of each lane?

The distance would be equal to 2 times the longest side of the rectangle plus twice the shortest side multiplied by pi / 2 for the semicircle, that is:

longest side 96 and shortest 48

D = 2 * (96) + 2 * (1/2) * pi * 48

D = 192 + pi * 48

This shorter side, which starts at 48, will expand each time by two more in proportion to 20 of the running track between 8 than the number of divisions, that is, 2 * (20/8) = 5

In other words, there are 8 distances, like this:

D1 = 192 + 3.14 * 48 = 342.72 yd

D2 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 5) = 358.42 yd

D3 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 10) = 374.12 yd

D4 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 15) = 389.82 yd

D5 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 20) = 405.52 yd

D6 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 25) = 421.22 yd

D7 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 30) = 436.92 yd

D8 = 192 + 3.14 * (48 + 35) = 452.62 yd

add all the numbers and check the ones place.

the answer is 486. as the ones place is more than 4, the estimation will be the next 10 ie, 490

a) y = -3x +2

b) y = 1/2x -6

these 2 can be combined into one equation.

-3x +2 = .5x -6

8 = 3.5x

x = 8 / 3.5 = 2.2857142857

y = -3 * (8 / 3.5) +2

y = (-24 / 3.5) + 2

y = -4.8571428571

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