Area of all the Circles

Algebra Level pending

a π a\pi is the area of all the circles tangential to both the x-axis and y-axis whose centers are on the curve y = x 2 6. y=x^2-6. What is a ? a?

20 32 26 14

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1 solution

Tom Engelsman
Nov 8, 2020

If P ( x 0 , x 0 2 6 ) P(x_{0}, x^{2}_{0}-6) is the center point, then the family of circles in question has the requirement x 0 = x 0 2 6 x_{0} = x^{2}_{0}-6 to ensure tangency to both coordinate axes. This yields x 0 2 x 0 6 = ( x 0 3 ) ( x 0 + 2 ) = 0 x 0 = 2 , 3 x^{2}_{0} - x_{0} - 6 = (x_{0}-3)(x_{0}+2) = 0 \Rightarrow x_{0} = -2, 3 . Since the parabola is symmetric with respect to the y y- axis, we have four such circles with center points ( ± 3 , 3 ) ; ( ± 2 , 2 ) (\pm3,3); (\pm2,-2) and corresponding radii of 3 3 and 2 2 . The total circular area calculates to 2 ( π 2 2 + π 3 2 ) = 26 π . 2(\pi2^2 + \pi3^2) = \boxed{26\pi}.

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