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Geometry Level 2

The circle above has center O O and area 9 π 9\pi , what is the area of the Δ A B C \Delta ABC , given that it is an equilateral triangle?

Give your answer to 3 decimal places.


The answer is 20.78460.

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A = π r 2 = 9 π r = 3 \large A = \pi r^2 = 9 \pi\\ \large \therefore r = 3

All the angles are 6 0 . 60^{\circ}.

Let, B D = x , A B = 2 x BD = x, AB = 2x and given A D = 6 c m AD= 6cm

By Pythagorean theorem :

A D 2 + B D 2 = A B 2 \large AD^2 + BD^2 = AB^2

36 + x 2 = ( 2 x ) 2 36 + x 2 = 4 x 2 3 x 2 = 36 x 2 = 36 3 = 12 \large 36 + x^2 = (2x)^2\\ \large \implies 36+x^2 = 4x^2\\ \large 3x^2 = 36 \implies x^2 = \frac{36}{3} = 12

B D = x = 12 = 2 3 \large BD = x = \sqrt{12} = 2\sqrt{3}

A B = B C = 4 3 \large \therefore AB = BC = 4\sqrt{3}

A r e a = 1 2 b a s e × h e i g h t A = 1 2 × 6 × 4 3 A = 12 3 = 12 × 1.73205 = 20.78460 square units . \large Area = \frac{1}{2} base \times height\\ \large \implies A = \frac{1}{2} \times 6 \times 4\sqrt{3}\\ \large \implies A = 12\sqrt{3} = 12 \times 1.73205 = \boxed{20.78460} \text{square units}.

wow thanks my friend made me get it wrong so that she could write in the correct answer :(

Special One - 2 years ago

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oh my god i didn't say to get it wrong all i said was fill it in, its not my fault you couldn't do it :)

freya allen - 2 years ago

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freya, freya, freya.

Special One - 2 years ago

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@Special One Josephine, Josephine, Josephine ;) :)

freya allen - 2 years ago

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@Freya Allen Freya I told you not to put my name up anywhere!!!!! 'special one', seriously, of course that isnt my name and there was a reason for this!!!!!! I didnt want my information online ANYWHERE

Special One - 2 years ago

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@Special One thats it were done!

freya allen - 2 years ago

We aren't told the angles are 60° so we can't assume the triangle is equalladeral

Drew Aurioles - 5 years, 2 months ago

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"given that it is an equilateral triangle." - it is stated !

Khoa Đăng - 5 years, 2 months ago

It says triangle is equilateral

Mevlut Esen - 5 years, 1 month ago

We can see also a special 30-60-90 triangle here.

So the height 9π=πr² Radius of a circle=3cm Doubling up will be the height of a triangle. Cutting the triangle into half will get a special right triangle which satisfies the formula

Longer leg= (1/2)hypotenuse √3 6=1/2 h*√3 6x2/√3=hypotenuse/side of the triangle

12/√3≈6.928cm= Sides of the triangle

So, Area of a triangle is 1/2(bh) A=1/2(6.928*6) A=1/2(41.568) A=20.784cm²

Brian Wang
Apr 18, 2016

An altitude of an isosceles triangle bisects it into two congruent triangles. Therefore, the two triangles formed are 30-60-90 triangles. The radius is 3 (You can find it by doing 9 π π \sqrt { \frac { 9\pi }{ \pi } } ), so the height of the 30-60-90 triangles are 6. Tan(60) is 3 3 \frac { \sqrt { 3 } }{ 3 } , so the side length of the equilateral triangle is 4 3 4\sqrt { 3 } . Therefore, the area is 12 3 12\sqrt { 3 } \approx 20.78460

Drex Beckman
Apr 17, 2016

Area of a circle is π r 2 \pi \cdot r^{2} . We can deduce simply that the radius is 3 3 . Now, imagine drawing a line segment from O to A B \overline{AB} and A C \overline{AC} , at the point where each segment intersect's the circle. The result would form two small equalateral triangles, with a combined angle of 180 180 . With circle theorems, we know that the angle above, C A B CAB is 60. That means each respective angle is 30 degrees. We can solve this by using two 30 60 90 triangles added together: 12 3 20.785 12 \cdot \sqrt{3} \approx \boxed{20.785} .

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