As shown above, five congruent circles are inscribed in a unit circle. The five circles surround a central region (shaded in yellow). Find the area A of this central region, and report ⌊ 1 0 4 A ⌋ .
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Let the radius of the five congruent circles be r . Join the centers of the five congruent circles with straight lines, we get a regular pentagon with side length of 2 r .
From the figure we note that O P + P Q = O Q ⟹ r sec 5 4 ∘ + r = 1 ⟹ r = 1 + sec 5 4 ∘ 1 .
Now consider one of the five congruent isosceles triangles that make up the pentagon. We note that one fifth of the yellow are is the area of △ O P R minus 3 6 0 ∘ 1 0 8 ∘ of the area of circle of radius r . Therefore the area of the yellow region:
A = 5 ( r 2 tan 5 4 ∘ − 3 6 0 1 0 8 π r 2 ) = ( 1 + sec 5 4 ∘ ) 2 5 ( tan 5 4 ∘ − 3 6 0 1 0 8 π ) ≈ 0 . 2 9 7 3 1 5 5 5 1 0 9 2
Therefore ⌊ 1 0 4 A ⌋ = 2 9 7 3 .
Solved it the same way, Chew-Seong......thanks for posting!
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Label the points as follows:
Let the radius of the five congruent circles be r , so that R T = R S = r .
By symmetry, ∠ Q P T = 1 0 3 6 0 ° = 3 6 ° , and from right △ P R T we have ∠ P R T = 5 4 ° , P R = r sec 5 4 ° , and P T = tan 5 4 ° .
From P R + R S = P S we have r sec 5 4 ° + r = 1 , which solves to r = sec 5 4 ° + 1 1 .
The central yellow region is A = 1 0 A P Q T = 1 0 ( A △ P R T − A R Q T ) = 1 0 ( 2 1 r 2 tan 5 4 ° − 3 6 0 5 4 π r 2 ) = ( 5 tan 5 4 ° − 2 3 π ) r 2 .
Substituting r = sec 5 4 ° + 1 1 into A = ( 5 tan 5 4 ° − 2 3 π ) r 2 gives ⌊ 1 0 4 A ⌋ = 2 9 7 3 .