Question: A land developer is planning a development in the Nashville area. As a project manager in a civil engineering firm, you are assigned a project

A land developer is planning a development in the Nashville area. As a project manager in a civil engineering firm, you are assigned a project that includes a site design aspect. You hired a surveyor to determine the dimensions of the proposed project site. The surveyor provided you with the figure and dimensions (all in miles) below. The objective is to build single family homes in the shaded area and convert the circular area into a detention pond to control erosion in the subdivision.
Assuming the shape of the outer figure is a trapezoid, and the open area is a circle and the following are given: [1 cubic foot of water =7.48 US gallons of water; Area of a trapezoid =0.5 sum of parallel sides \times height ; Area of a circle with diameter d, A =(pi*d^2)/4, Volume of the pond can be estimated as V = pi*r*2*h where r is the radius of the circular pond and h is the uniform depth of the pond
A) Calculate the area of the outer figure (before the pond area is carved) and its associated uncertainty
B) Calculate the area of the circular area (the pond area) and its associated uncertainty
C) Calculate the area of the shaded area (area to be developed) and its associated uncertainty
D) If the detention pond is to be designed with a uniform depth of 4.5 feet, estimate the maximum volume of water the pond can handle in gallons.
A land developer is planning a development in the

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