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PROBLEM 201 What is the area cleaned by the two windshield wipers on my car? Here are the (approximate) particulars; see the figure on the left: The area in question is shown in light yellow. The length of each rubber wiper, BD and DE, is 2 feet, the total length of each wiper arm, AD and CE, is 2ft 6in long, the central axes of the two wipers, A and C, are located 2ft apart, the angles ECF and CAG swept out by each wiper is 100°. Assume that the bottom edges, AD and CE, of the areas swept out by each of the two individual wipers are parallel and that the glass is flat. |
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