Annulus

Geometry Level 3

In the annulus above a chord of the larger circle with radius R R is drawn tangent to the inner circle with radius r r at point P P .

Find ( x 1 + x 2 ) 2 + ( y 1 + y 2 ) 2 r 2 \dfrac{(x_{1} + x_{2})^2 + (y_{1} + y_{2})^2}{r^2} .


The answer is 4.

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2 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Nov 25, 2018

P P is the midpoint between Q Q and S S , so that its coordinates are P ( x 1 + x 2 2 , y 1 + y 2 2 ) P\left(\dfrac{x_1+x_2}{2},\dfrac{y_1+y_2}{2}\right) . Thus O P 2 = ( x 1 + x 2 ) 2 + ( y 1 + y 2 ) 2 4 = r 2 ||OP||^2=\dfrac{(x_{1} + x_{2})^2 + (y_{1} + y_{2})^2}{4}=r^2 and the answer is 4 \boxed{4} .

Very elegant

Valentin Duringer - 1 year ago
Rocco Dalto
Nov 24, 2018

Let r r and R R be the radius of the inner circle and larger circle respectively.

Let P ( r cos ( θ ) , r sin ( θ ) ) P(r\cos(\theta),r\sin(\theta)) and x 2 + y 2 = r 2 x^2 + y^2 = r^2

To find the tangent line at P P :

d y d x P = cot ( θ ) y = r cos ( θ ) x sin ( θ . \dfrac{dy}{dx}|_{P} = -\cot(\theta) \implies y = \dfrac{r - \cos(\theta)x}{\sin(\theta}.

To find points Q Q and S S we solve the system:

x 2 + y 2 = R 2 x^2 + y^2 = R^2

and,

y = r cos ( θ ) x sin ( θ ) y = \dfrac{r - \cos(\theta)x}{\sin(\theta)}

x 2 2 r cos ( θ ) x + r 2 R 2 sin 2 ( θ ) = 0 \implies x^2 - 2r\cos(\theta)x + r^2 - R^2\sin^2(\theta) = 0 \implies x = r cos ( θ ) ± R 2 r 2 sin ( θ ) x = r\cos(\theta) \pm \sqrt{R^2 - r^2}\sin(\theta)

Let x 1 = r cos ( θ ) + R 2 r 2 sin ( θ ) x_{1} = r\cos(\theta) + \sqrt{R^2 - r^2}\sin(\theta) and x 2 = r cos ( θ ) R 2 r 2 sin ( θ ) x_{2} = r\cos(\theta) - \sqrt{R^2 - r^2}\sin(\theta)

y 1 = r sin ( θ ) R 2 r 2 cos ( θ ) \implies y_{1} = r\sin(\theta) - \sqrt{R^2 - r^2}\cos(\theta) and y 2 = r sin ( θ ) + R 2 r 2 cos ( θ ) y_{2} = r\sin(\theta) + \sqrt{R^2 - r^2}\cos(\theta)

( x 1 + x 2 ) 2 + ( y 1 + y 2 ) 2 r 2 = 4 \implies \dfrac{(x_{1} + x_{2})^2 + (y_{1} + y_{2})^2}{r^2} = \boxed{4} .

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