In the figure above triangle A B C with side-lengths A C = 1 4 , A B = 1 3 and B C = 1 5 . The incircle is drawn, which is tangential to all three sides. If the green shaded region is equal to A , find ⌊ A ⌋ .
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The area of the green region is equal to the area of the triangle minus the area of the circle. The radius of the inscribed circle can be computed as r = P 2 A where A and P are the area and perimeter of the triangle, respectively. The area of the triangle can be computed using the Heron's Formula. We have
s = 2 a + b + c = 2 1 3 + 1 4 + 1 5 = 2 1
A = s ( s − a ) ( s − b ) ( s − c ) ( s − d ) = 2 1 ( 2 1 − 1 3 ) ( 2 1 − 1 4 ) ( 2 1 − 1 5 ) = 8 4
P = a + b + c = 1 3 + 1 4 + 1 5 = 4 2
So the radius of the inscribed circle is
r = 4 2 2 ( 8 4 ) = 4
Finally, the area of the green region is
A G R E E N = 8 4 − π ( 4 2 ) ≈ 3 3
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The question tells us we want to find the area of the shaded region, which is equal to the area of the triangle A B C minus the area of the circle with center O which inscribed the circle. To do so, we need the following information:
( i ) The area of the circle with centre O ,
( ii ) The area of the triangle A B C .
To find ( i ), we need to know the diameter or radius of this circle. However since this circle is inscribed inside the triangle A B C and there is no other information besides that, let us first find ( ii ).
Recall the identity,
Area of triangle = r × semiperimeter of triangle ( 1 )
Where r denotes the inradius of the triangle A B C . In this case, it's the circle with centre O .
Since we are given all the three sides of the triangle already ( A C = 1 4 , A B = 1 3 , B C = 1 5 ), then Heron's formula comes to mind.
( Area of triangle ) 2 = s ( s − a ) ( s − b ) ( s − c )
Where a , b and c denotes the sides of the triangle A B C and s denotes its semiperimeter (half of the perimeter), s = 2 a + b + c = 2 1 3 + 1 4 + 1 5 = 2 1 . And so,
( Area of triangle ) 2 = 2 1 ( 2 1 − 1 3 ) ( 2 1 − 1 4 ) ( 2 1 − 1 5 ) ⇒ Area of triangle = 8 4
(Note that we only take positive value only because it represents an area)
Substituting into the identity, ( 1 ) gives us 8 4 = r × 2 1 ⇒ r = 4 .
To summarize, we managed to calculate:
( i ) The area of the circle with centre O to be π r 2 = 1 6 π ,
( ii ) The area of the triangle A B C to be 8 4 .
Hence the area, A is equal to 8 4 − 1 6 π ≈ 3 3 . 7 3 , and so ⌊ A ⌋ = 3 3 .