A man running round a race-course notes that the sum of the distance of two flag-posts from him is always $10$ metres and the distance between the flag-posts is $8$ metres. The area of the path he encloses in square metres is

  • A

    $15\pi $

  • B

    $12\pi $

  • C

    $18\pi $

  • D

    $8\pi $

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