A square is inscribed in the two intersecting unit circles with centers and as shown above.
If the area of the red region can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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R ( 2 1 − a , 2 a ) is on the circle ( x − 1 ) 2 + y 2 = 1 ⟹ 2 a 2 + 2 a − 3 = 0 ⟹
a = 2 7 − 1 dropping the negative root.
⟹ the area of the square A s = ( 2 7 − 1 ) 2 = 2 4 − 7
Solving x 2 + y 2 = 1 and x 2 − 2 x + 1 + y 2 = 1 ⟹ 2 x − 1 = 0 ⟹ x = 2 1 ⟹ y = ± 2 3 ⟹
The point of intersection of the two circles is ( 2 1 , ± 2 3 ) ⟹ the base, height and m ∠ S O T of △ S O T are
S T = 3 , h e i g h t = 2 1 and m ∠ S O T = 3 2 π ⟹ A △ S O T = 4 3
and
A s e c t o r S O T = 2 1 ( 3 2 π ) = 3 π ⟹ The area of the region between the two circles is
I = 2 ( A s e c t o r S O T − A △ S O T ) = 6 4 π − 3 3 ⟹ the desired area is A d = I − A s =
6 4 π − 3 3 − 1 2 + 3 7 = 6 4 ( π − 3 ) + 3 ( 7 − 3 ) = d a ( π − b ) + b ( c − b )
⟹ a + b + c + d = 2 0 .