Circle With Triangle

Geometry Level 2

In the figure above triangle A B C ABC with side-lengths A C = 14 AC=14 , A B = 13 AB=13 and B C = 15. BC=15. The incircle is drawn, which is tangential to all three sides. If the green shaded region is equal to A A , find A \left\lfloor A\right\rfloor .


The answer is 33.

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2 solutions

Sagar Shah
Feb 25, 2016

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 ABC minus the area of the circle with center O O which inscribed the circle. To do so, we need the following information:
( i ) The area of the circle with centre O O ,
( ii ) The area of the triangle A B C ABC .

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 ABC and there is no other information besides that, let us first find ( ii ).

Recall the identity,

Area of triangle = r × semiperimeter of triangle ( 1 ) \text{Area of triangle} = r \times \text{ semiperimeter of triangle} \qquad \qquad (1)

Where r r denotes the inradius of the triangle A B C ABC . In this case, it's the circle with centre O O .

Since we are given all the three sides of the triangle already ( A C = 14 , A B = 13 , B C = 15 AC=14,AB=13, BC=15 ), then Heron's formula comes to mind.

( Area of triangle ) 2 = s ( s a ) ( s b ) ( s c ) (\text{Area of triangle} )^2 = s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)

Where a , b a,b and c c denotes the sides of the triangle A B C ABC and s s denotes its semiperimeter (half of the perimeter), s = a + b + c 2 = 13 + 14 + 15 2 = 21 s = \dfrac{a+b+c}2 = \dfrac{13+14+15}2 = 21 . And so,

( Area of triangle ) 2 = 21 ( 21 13 ) ( 21 14 ) ( 21 15 ) Area of triangle = 84 (\text{Area of triangle} )^2 = 21(21-13)(21-14)(21-15) \Rightarrow \text{Area of triangle} = 84

(Note that we only take positive value only because it represents an area)

Substituting into the identity, ( 1 ) (1) gives us 84 = r × 21 r = 4 84 = r \times 21 \Rightarrow r =4 .

To summarize, we managed to calculate:
( i ) The area of the circle with centre O O to be π r 2 = 16 π \pi r^2 = 16 \pi ,
( ii ) The area of the triangle A B C ABC to be 84 84 .

Hence the area, A A is equal to 84 16 π 33.73 84 - 16\pi \approx 33.73 , and so A = 33 \lfloor A \rfloor = \boxed{33} .

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 = 2 A P r=\dfrac{2A}{P} where A A and P 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 = a + b + c 2 = 13 + 14 + 15 2 = 21 s=\dfrac{a+b+c}{2}=\dfrac{13+14+15}{2}=21

A = s ( s a ) ( s b ) ( s c ) ( s d ) = 21 ( 21 13 ) ( 21 14 ) ( 21 15 ) = 84 A=\sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)(s-d)}=\sqrt{21(21-13)(21-14)(21-15)}=84

P = a + b + c = 13 + 14 + 15 = 42 P=a+b+c=13+14+15=42

So the radius of the inscribed circle is

r = 2 ( 84 ) 42 = 4 r=\dfrac{2(84)}{42}=4

Finally, the area of the green region is

A G R E E N = 84 π ( 4 2 ) A_{GREEN}=84-\pi (4^2) \approx 33 \boxed{33}

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