Egg decoration

Geometry Level 3

The egg-shaped outline in the diagram has equation x 4 + y 4 + 2 x 2 y 2 2 y 3 17 5 x 2 y + 7 5 x 2 + 2 y = 1. x^4 + y^4 + 2x^2 y^2 - 2y^3 - \dfrac{17}{5} x^2 y + \dfrac{7}{5} x^2 + 2y = 1. The egg will be decorated with horizontal circles around it.

To 2 decimal places, what is the circumference of the longest horizontal circle for this egg?


The answer is 4.55.

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1 solution

Maria Kozlowska
Mar 30, 2018

A good equation of an egg is:

( x 2 + y 2 ) 2 = a x 3 + ( a b ) x y 2 (x^2 + y^2)^2 = a x^3 + (a - b) x y^2 where a b 0 a \ge b \ge 0 and b = 0.7 a b=0.7a .

Our egg has a = 2 , b = 1.4 a=2, b=1.4

In that equation, we can isolate y y and differentiate the function. It will produce value of x x maximum (radius of our circle) x = ( 27 561 + 573 ) / 1120 x = (27 \sqrt{561} + 573) / 1120 The exact value is of the circle circumference is: 1 560 π 6 ( 2431 561 + 52089 ) ) 4.55 \dfrac{1}{560} \pi \sqrt{6 (2431 \sqrt{561} + 52089))} \approx \boxed{4.55}

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