A geometry problem by Yahia El Haw

Geometry Level 3

The area of the circle is 25 π 25\pi

The arc B C BC = The arc C D CD

A B = 5 2 AB = 5\sqrt2 .

What is the shaded area?

Give your answer to 3 decimal places.


The answer is 30.178.

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2 solutions

Yahia El Haw
Nov 15, 2016

The area of a circle is π r 2 \pi r^2 , so we have

25 π = π r 2 25\pi=\pi r^2

25 = r 2 25=r^2

r = 5 r=5

By cosine law on A E B \triangle AEB , we have

( 5 2 ) 2 = 5 2 + 5 2 2 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) ( cos A E B ) (5\sqrt{2})^2=5^2+5^2-2(5)(5)(\cos \angle AEB)

A E B = 9 0 \angle AEB=90^\circ

Therefore, B E C = C E D = 4 5 \angle BEC=\angle CED = 45^\circ .

The area of the shaded region is therefore, 1 2 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) + 2 ( 1 2 ) ( 5 ) ( 5 ) ( sin 45 ) 30.178 \dfrac{1}{2}(5)(5)+2\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)(5)(5)(\sin 45) \approx \boxed{30.178} .

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