182.--THE GARDEN PUZZLE.

Half the sum of the four sides is 144. From this deduct in turn the four

sides, and we get 64, 99, 44, and 81. Multiply these together, and we

have as the result the square of 4,752. Therefore the garden contained

4,752 square yards. Of course the tree being equidistant from the four

corners shows that the garden is a quadrilateral that may be inscribed

in a circle.

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