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A person has a circular yard that is 150 ft. in diameter, and wishes a walk of equal width made round it within the fence. What is the width of the walk so that it may occupy a fifth part of the ground?
Gummere's A Treatise on Surveying, 1841
Click here to reveal the answer"Landscaping," Loci (July 2006)