Equal parts

Geometry Level 2

Find the radius of a circle with center at A A such that the red area is equal to the yellow area. If your answer can be expressed as a b b π a\sqrt{\dfrac{b\sqrt{b}}{\pi}} , where a a and b b are positive coprime integers. Give a + b a+b .


The answer is 8.

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1 solution

Let r r be the radius of the circle, R R be the area of the red region and Y Y be the area of the yellow region. Then

cos 30 = A B 10 \cos 30=\dfrac{AB}{10}

3 2 = A B 10 \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}=\dfrac{AB}{10}

A B = 5 3 AB=5\sqrt{3}


R = a r e a o f a s e c t o r = 30 360 π r 2 = π r 2 12 R=area~of~a~sector=\dfrac{30}{360}\pi r^2=\dfrac{\pi r^2}{12}


Y = a r e a o f t r i a n g l e A B C a r e a o f a s e c t o r = 1 2 ( 10 ) ( 5 3 ) ( sin 30 ) π r 2 12 = 1 2 ( 10 ) ( 5 3 ) ( 1 2 ) π r 2 12 = 25 2 3 π r 2 12 Y=area~of~triangle~ABC-area~of~a~sector=\dfrac{1}{2}(10)(5\sqrt{3})(\sin 30)-\dfrac{\pi r^2}{12}=\dfrac{1}{2}(10)(5\sqrt{3})(\dfrac{1}{2})-\dfrac{\pi r^2}{12}=\dfrac{25}{2}\sqrt{3}-\dfrac{\pi r^2}{12}


R = Y R=Y

π r 2 12 = 25 2 3 π r 2 12 \dfrac{\pi r^2}{12}=\dfrac{25}{2}\sqrt{3}-\dfrac{\pi r^2}{12}

r 2 = 300 3 4 π r^2=\dfrac{300\sqrt{3}}{4\pi}

r = 100 3 3 4 π = 10 2 3 3 π = 5 3 3 π r=\sqrt{\dfrac{100*3\sqrt{3}}{4\pi}}=\dfrac{10}{2}\sqrt{\dfrac{3\sqrt{3}}{\pi}}=5\sqrt{\dfrac{3\sqrt{3}}{\pi}}


a + b = 5 + 3 = 8 a+b=5+3=\boxed{8}

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