Circle-ception: The next level

Geometry Level 4

A sector of a circle of radius 10 10 and subtended angle 60 ° 60° has a circle inscribed in it - its diameter can be written as a b \frac { a }{ b } , where a a and b b are co-prime integers.

Find the value of a 2 b 2 a + b \left\lceil \frac { { a }^{ 2 }b^{ 2 } }{ a+b } \right\rceil

Part 1: Circle-ception .


The answer is 157.

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3 solutions

Michael Fuller
Apr 26, 2015

This solution is similar to the one I posted for Circle-ception . This time, we bisect the 60° angle to form a right triangle with one leg x x and hypotenuse 10 x 10-x , where x x is the radius of the incircle.

Using the sine rule, x sin 30 = 10 x sin 90 x 0.5 = 10 x 1 x = 5 x 2 3 x 2 = 5 x = 10 3 \frac { x }{ \sin { 30 } } =\frac { 10-x }{ \sin { 90 } } \\ \Rightarrow \frac { x }{ 0.5 } =\frac { 10-x }{ 1 } \\ \Rightarrow x=5-\frac { x }{ 2 } \\ \Rightarrow \frac { 3x }{ 2 } =5\\ \Rightarrow x=\frac { 10 }{ 3 } \\

Since x x is the radius of the incircle, the diameter is 2 x = 20 3 2x=\frac { 20 }{ 3 } , so a = 20 a=20 and b = 3 b=3 . 20 2 × 3 2 20 + 3 = 3600 23 = 156 + 12 23 = 157 \left\lceil \frac { { 20 }^{ 2 }\times { 3 }^{ 2 } }{ 20+3 } \right\rceil =\left\lceil \frac { 3600 }{ 23 } \right\rceil =\left\lceil 156+\frac { 12 }{ 23 } \right\rceil =\boxed { 157 }

Exactly Same method

Kushagra Sahni - 5 years, 8 months ago

Nice solution.................. Caould you please suggest me some good books in maths and physics ...........please help if possible

Abhisek Mohanty - 4 years, 11 months ago

sorry its a typo....its COULD

Abhisek Mohanty - 4 years, 11 months ago

Used the same method . Only I took 10-2r=r since it is a 30-60-90 triangle.

Niranjan Khanderia - 4 years, 5 months ago
Divyansh Tripathi
May 30, 2016

isn't the brackets mean GIF?, if yes then it should be 156 , otherwise specify

I think you are confused between floor function and ceiling function.................This is not a floor function but rather a ceiling function(lowest integer function)..................I think your doubt is cleared now

Abhisek Mohanty - 4 years, 11 months ago
Andrew Machkasov
Apr 27, 2015

Let A and B be the intersections of the circle with the sector that are not on the arc of the sector, C be the center of the circle, P be the center of the sector, and E be the intersection of the circle with the sector's arc. PC is a bisector of angle P, since C is equidistant from A and B. Thus the measure of angle CPB = 30 degrees. In addition, the angle PAC is a right angle, since PA is tangent to the circle. Thus we PAC is a 30-60-90 triangle, and PC = 2(AC). But PC = EC, so the diameter is 2/3 of PE, which is 10 since it is the radius of the circle. Thus a = 20, b = 3, and the value is the ceiling of 3600/23, which is 157.

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