A guinea-pig in a large field is tethered to one end of a 10 metre rope. The other end of the rope is attached to a ring which is free to slide along a fixed horizontal rail, 10 metres long, in the middle of the field. Which diagram shows the shape of the part of the field that the guinea-pig can reach?
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