Problem Solving

. The outline of a sign for an ice-cream store is made by placing of the circumference of a circle with radius 2 feet on top of an isosceles triangle with height 5 feet, as shown above. What is the perimeter, in feet, of the sign?

(A) 3 pi +3 root 3

(B) 3 pi + 6 root 3

(C) 3 pi + 2 root 33

(D) 4 pi + 3 root 3

(E) 4 pi + 6 root 3

can anyone explain how to complete I struck ed half way

naaga wrote:. The outline of a sign for an ice-cream store is made by placing of the circumference of a circle with radius 2 feet on top of an isosceles triangle with height 5 feet, as shown above. What is the perimeter, in feet, of the sign?

(A) 3 pi +3 root 3

(B) 3 pi + 6 root 3

(C) 3 pi + 2 root 33

(D) 4 pi + 3 root 3

(E) 4 pi + 6 root 3

can anyone explain how to complete I struck ed half way

attach the picture.

sorry suresh, there is no picture, it is a word problem from 1000 PS

naaga wrote:sorry suresh, there is no picture, it is a word problem from 1000 PS

question say "as shown above" there must be picture.. that is missing from 1000 PS

I have an idea about the picture but I don't have any tool to draw, IMO 3/4 part of the circle is placed on the vertex of the triangle, think that way and solve it.