A geometry problem by Muhammad Fahad Khan

Geometry Level 2

If the circle with center O has area 9 π 9\pi , what is area of equilateral triangle ABC?

3 3 3 \sqrt{3} 18 12 3 12 \sqrt{3} 24

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5 solutions

Anurup Chatterjee
Aug 16, 2015

area of circle=9 pi by area of circle=9pi radius=3 In triangle ACD, Sin60=6/AC (as radius=3, diameter=6) AC=12/root3, area of equilateral triangle= root3/4 length^2 12 root 3 is the answer,

Sorry for not being able to type root 3....this ws my first time typing any answer like this...

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Klës Ti - 5 years, 10 months ago
Alan Yan
Aug 12, 2015

Since the circle has area 9 π 9\pi , we know that the radius is 3, which implies that the height of the equilateral triangle is 6. This implies that C D = 6 3 CD = \frac{6}{\sqrt{3}} . Thus the area is just 6 ( 6 3 ) 20.784 6(\frac{6}{\sqrt{3}}) \approx 20.784

Can you add a few lines explaining how you arrived at that calculation?

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 10 months ago

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I have added the lines.

Alan Yan - 5 years, 10 months ago

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Great thanks!!

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 10 months ago
Hadia Qadir
Aug 17, 2015

the height of the triangle is 6 and since it is an equilateral triangle, the rest comes from elementary geometry. The area = 12*sqrt[3].

Azadali Jivani
Aug 13, 2015

Area = 9(pi)
AD =dia = 6
CD = AC/2 = (AC^2 - 6^2)^(1/2)
AC = (48)^(1/2)
Area of triangle = 1/2 * b * h = 1/2 * 6.9282 * 6 = 20.7846(Ans.)

Paola Ramírez
Aug 16, 2015

As circles area is 9 π = r 2 π 9\pi=r^2\pi\Rightarrow the circle's radii is 3 A D = 6 3\Rightarrow AD=6 .

Then, A D sin 60 ° = A B sin 90 6 3 2 = A B 1 A B = 12 3 = 4 3 \frac{AD}{\sin 60°}=\frac{AB}{\sin 90}\Rightarrow \frac{6}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}}=\frac{AB}{1}\therefore AB=\frac{12}{\sqrt{3}}=4\sqrt{3}

Finally, the area of A B C ABC is 4 3 × 6 2 = 12 3 \frac{4\sqrt{3}\times6}{2}=\boxed{12\sqrt{3}}

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