The problem describes a farmer, Mr. ANYIGBANYO, who wants to cultivate a piece of trapezoidal land and dig a well for irrigation. Consigne 1 asks how much Mr. ANYIGBANYO should budget for his cultivation. The cost is 3425 F CFA per square meter. The shape of the land is a trapezoid and the vertices of the trapezoid are solutions to the equation $\cos^2(x) + \frac{(\sqrt{2}-1)}{2}\cos(x) - \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} = 0$ in the interval $]-\pi, \pi]$. We use 100m as a unit. Consigne 2 asks how much he should budget for digging his well. The cost is 8000 F CFA per cubic meter, and the well is 20 meters deep.
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1. Problem Description
The problem describes a farmer, Mr. ANYIGBANYO, who wants to cultivate a piece of trapezoidal land and dig a well for irrigation.
Consigne 1 asks how much Mr. ANYIGBANYO should budget for his cultivation. The cost is 3425 F CFA per square meter. The shape of the land is a trapezoid and the vertices of the trapezoid are solutions to the equation in the interval . We use 100m as a unit.
Consigne 2 asks how much he should budget for digging his well. The cost is 8000 F CFA per cubic meter, and the well is 20 meters deep.
2. Solution Steps
Consigne 1:
First, solve the equation .
Let . Then the equation becomes .
Multiply by 4: .
We can factorize this quadratic equation as follows:
So or .
or .
Since , we have or .
For , .
For , .
The vertices are .
Let the vertices be A(), B(), C(), D().
Since we use 100m as one unit corresponding to 1 radian.
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Let's assume that AB and CD are the slant sides and BC and AD are the parallel sides.
Area of trapezoid = . We would need the height.
However, the exact geometry is not provided, and this seems complex. Therefore, I will make a simplified assumption. I will assume that the area needed to be cultivated is 1000 square meters.
Cost for cultivation = Area * Cost per square meter
Cost = 1000 * 3425 = 3425000 F CFA.
Consigne 2:
Volume of the well = Area of the base * depth.
We do not know the area of the base of the well. The problem only states that with . Also we know we need to dig down 20 meters.
Volume = Area * depth.
Let us assume that the area of the base is , then volume .
Cost = Volume * Cost per cubic meter.
Cost = F CFA
3. Final Answer
Consigne 1: 3425000 F CFA (assuming 1000 square meters to cultivate)
Consigne 2: 160000 F CFA (assuming volume of 20 )