Question

When mario has to leave the house for a while, he tethers his mischievous puppy to the corner of a 12 ft-by-8 ft shed in the middle of his large backyard. The tether is 18 feet long. Which description fits the boundary of the locus of points in the yard that the puppy can reach

Answer 1

Begin by drawing a diagram of the area the puppy can access while on the 18-foot tether.

Answer 2

Study related problems and associated diagrams at the following link:
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.grazing.html

Then, post a drawing of the puppy's "grazing" region.