area of shaded region

Geometry Level 3

Two congruent circles are inscribed in a 10 × 20 10 \times 20 rectangle as shown. The diagonal divides the rectangle into two equal right triangles. Find the area of the green region to the nearest integer. Use 3.14 3.14 for the approximation of π \pi .


The answer is 18.

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1 solution

Consider diagram A A above. First we get the area of the red region plus the area of the green region. Then we subtract the area of the red region. The combined area is

A r e d + g r e e n = 10 ( 20 ) 2 ( 3.14 ) ( 5 2 ) 2 = 43 2 = 21.5 A_{red~+~green}=\dfrac{10(20)-2(3.14) (5^2)}{2}=\dfrac{43}{2}=21.5

Consider diagram B B above. The area of the red region is equal to the area of the big right triangle minus the area of the small isosceles triangle and minus the area of the sector.

tan θ = 5 10 \tan~\theta=\dfrac{5}{10} \implies θ 26.57 \theta \approx~26.57

It follows that 2 θ 53.14 2\theta \approx~53.14 and β 126.86 \beta \approx~126.86 . So

A r e d = 1 2 ( 5 ) ( 10 ) 1 2 ( 5 2 ) ( sin 126.76 ) 53.14 360 ( 3.14 ) ( 5 2 ) 3.41 A_{red}=\dfrac{1}{2}(5)(10)-\dfrac{1}{2}(5^2)(\sin~126.76)-\dfrac{53.14}{360}(3.14)(5^2) \approx~3.41

Finally.

A g r e e n = 21.5 3.41 A_{green}=21.5-3.41 \approx~ 18 \boxed{18}

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