Crescent Moon

Geometry Level 3

The Crescent Moon below is formed by two circles, both of which are tangent to each other. The point E E is the center of the larger circle. If B H = 9 BH = 9 , and A F = G C = 5 AF = GC = 5 , what is the area of the shaded region?

Note : Write your answer to the nearest whole number.


The answer is 643.

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2 solutions

Let O O be the center of the small circle, A E = R AE=R and O D = r OD=r . Then

2 R = 9 + 2 r 2R=9+2r \color{#D61F06}\large \implies R = 9 + 2 r 2 R=\dfrac{9+2r}{2}

By the pythagorean theorem , we get

( F E ) 2 = r 2 ( R r ) 2 = 2 R r R 2 (FE)^2=r^2-(R-r)^2=2Rr-R^2 \color{#D61F06}\large \implies F E = 2 R r R 2 FE=\sqrt{2Rr-R^2}

However, F E = R 5 FE=R-5

F E = F E FE=FE

R 5 = 2 R r R 2 R-5=\sqrt{2Rr-R^2}

However, R = 9 + 2 r 2 R=\dfrac{9+2r}{2}

9 + 2 r 2 5 = 2 ( 9 + 2 r 2 ) ( r ) ( 9 + 2 r 2 ) 2 \dfrac{9+2r}{2}-5=\sqrt{2\left(\dfrac{9+2r}{2}\right)(r)-\left(\dfrac{9+2r}{2}\right)^2}

9 + 2 r 10 2 = 9 r + 2 r 2 ( 81 + 36 r + 4 r 2 4 ) \dfrac{9+2r-10}{2}=\sqrt{9r+2r^2-\left(\dfrac{81+36r+4r^2}{4}\right)}

2 r 1 2 = 9 r + 2 r 2 81 36 r 4 r 2 4 \dfrac{2r-1}{2}=\sqrt{9r+2r^2-\dfrac{81-36r-4r^2}{4}}

Squaring both sides, we get

4 r 2 4 r + 1 4 = 9 r + 2 r 2 81 36 r 4 r 2 4 \dfrac{4r^2-4r+1}{4}=9r+2r^2-\dfrac{81-36r-4r^2}{4}

4 r 2 4 r + 1 4 = 36 r + 8 r 2 81 36 r 4 r 2 4 \dfrac{4r^2-4r+1}{4}=\dfrac{36r+8r^2-81-36r-4r^2}{4}

4 r 2 4 r + 1 = 8 r 2 81 4 r 2 4r^2-4r+1=8r^2-81-4r^2

4 r 2 + 1 = 81 -4r^2+1=-81

4 r = 81 + 1 4r=81+1

4 r = 82 4r=82

r = 20.5 r=20.5

It follows that,

R = 9 + 2 ( 20.5 ) 2 = 25 R=\dfrac{9+2(20.5)}{2}=25

Therefore the area of the shaded region is,

A = π ( R 2 r 2 ) = π ( 2 5 2 20. 5 2 ) A=\pi(R^2-r^2)=\pi(25^2-20.5^2) \approx 643 \color{#D61F06}\boxed{\large 643}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 14, 2017

Let the radius of the large circle be R R . Using Pythagorean theorem , we have:

H F 2 + F D 2 = H D 2 H E 2 + F E 2 + F E 2 + E D 2 = ( H E + E D ) 2 ( R 9 ) 2 + ( R 5 ) 2 + ( R 5 ) 2 + R 2 = ( R 9 + R ) 2 R 4 38 R + 131 = R 4 36 R + 81 2 R = 50 R = 25 \begin{aligned} {\color{#3D99F6}\overline{HF}^2} + {\color{#D61F06}\overline{FD}^2} & = \overline{HD}^2 \\ {\color{#3D99F6}\overline{HE}^2 + \overline{FE}^2} + {\color{#D61F06}\overline{FE}^2+\overline{ED}^2} & = (\overline{HE} + \overline{ED})^2 \\ {\color{#3D99F6}(R-9)^2 + (R-5)^2} + {\color{#D61F06}(R-5)^2+R^2} & = (R-9 + R)^2 \\ \implies R^4 - 38R + 131 & = R^4 - 36R + 81 \\ 2R & = 50 \\ \implies R & = 25 \end{aligned}

Let the radius of the small circle be r r , then 2 r = H D = H E + E D = 2 R 9 = 41 2r = \overline{HD} = \overline{HE} + \overline{ED} = 2R-9 = 41 , r = 20.5 \implies r = 20.5 .

The area of the crescent moon A = π ( R 2 r 2 ) = π ( 2 5 2 20. 5 2 ) 643 A = \pi (R^2-r^2) = \pi (25^2-20.5^2) \approx \boxed{643}

I got 643.5 which i rounded off to 644 and got a response that it is incorrect

Sundar R - 3 years, 10 months ago

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The more accurate answer is 643.2410958, therefore, the nearest integer is 643 not 644.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 3 years, 10 months ago

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