warm up problem 15: concentric circles easy.

Geometry Level 1

The arc lengths of the small and large circles is π \pi and 4 π 4 \pi respectively.

If the radius of the smaller circle is 5 5 , find the length of the segment labeled x x .


The answer is 15.

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3 solutions

Trevor Arashiro
Oct 22, 2014

Since all circles are similar, we can set up a proportion:

π 5 = 4 π x + 5 \frac{\pi}{5}=\frac{4\pi}{x+5}

π x + 5 π = 20 π \pi x+5\pi=20\pi

x = 15 x=15

Bhupendra Singh
Nov 9, 2014

As per theorem , angle = arc/radius . so angle is same .then compare both angle .

(x/5)=(4x/(x+5)) x=15

By ratio and proportion, we have

5 π = 5 + x 4 π \dfrac{5}{\pi}=\dfrac{5+x}{4 \pi} \implies 20 π π = 5 + x \dfrac{20 \pi}{\pi}=5+x \implies 20 5 = x 20-5=x \implies x = 15 \color{#D61F06}\boxed{x=15}

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