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Figure 1 shows a gardener's design for the shape of a flower bed with perimeter \(ABCD\).
\(AD\) is an arc of a circle with centre \(O\) and radius 5 m.
\(BC\) is an arc of a circle with centre \(O\) and radius 7 m.
\(OAB\) and \(ODC\) are straight lines and the size of \(\angle AOD\) is \(\theta\) radians.
- Find, in terms of \(\theta\), an expression for the area of the flower bed. [3]
Given that the area of the flower bed is 15 m\(^2\),
- show that \(\theta = 1.25\), [2]
- calculate, in m, the perimeter of the flower bed. [3]
The gardener now decides to replace arc \(AD\) with the straight line \(AD\).
- Find, to the nearest cm, the reduction in the perimeter of the flower bed. [2]