Find Area of Circle

Geometry Level 3

A B AB is the diameter of circle centered at O O , A D O C AD\bot OC , A O E \triangle AOE and C E B \triangle CEB have the same area. The length of A D AD is 1 1 , find the area of the circle.


The answer is 1.0472.

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7 solutions

Kshitiz Sharma
Feb 18, 2015

PLZ reply if you have any confusion

It would help if you removed the extra image space above and below the notebook :).

Hem Shailabh Sahu - 6 years, 3 months ago
L S
Jan 2, 2015

O A = O B OA=OB

E A O = E O B = C E B \triangle EAO=\triangle EOB=\triangle CEB

O E = E C = 1 2 O C = 1 2 O A OE=EC=\frac{1}{2}OC=\frac{1}{2}OA

O E A = 9 0 \angle OEA=90^{\circ}

E A O \triangle EAO is the special 30-60-90 triangle.

Since A D AD is a chord, and O C A D OC \bot AD , A E = E D = 1 2 AE=ED=\frac{1}{2}

O A = 1 3 OA=\frac{1}{\sqrt 3}

The area is π r 2 = π 3 1.047 \pi r^2=\frac{\pi}{3} \approx \boxed {1.047}

In a circle, if a cord is perpendicular to the radius, the radius AND chord are both bisected.

So A E = 1 2 AE=\frac{1}{2} and let the radius be 2 x 2x , so O E = x OE=x

Use the Pythagorean theorem: ( 1 2 ) 2 + x 2 = ( 2 x ) 2 (\frac{1}{2})^2+x^2=(2x)^2 and the radius is 1 3 \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} , therefore the area is approximately 1.047 1.047

William Isoroku - 6 years, 3 months ago

How EAO=EOB ? Here,OA=OB but how AE=EB , if it is right then AE is not equal to ED. So is it a suitable solution?

Shahed Azam - 5 years, 11 months ago
Gamal Sultan
Feb 21, 2015

Let the radius of the circle be r

Since AB is a diameter

Then angle ADB = 90

Then OE is parallel to BD (because angle AEO = 90)

Since O is midpoint of AB

Then E is midpoint of AD

Then AE = 1/2

Area of triangle AEO = area of triangle BEO ... (equal bases and common height)

Then

Area of triangle BEC = area of triangle BEO

Then

OE = CE = r/2

In the right triangle AEO

r^2 = (r/2)^2 + (1/2)^2

Then

r^2 = 1/3

So , the area of the circle = (Pi) r^2 = 1.047

Nice way of proof.

Niranjan Khanderia - 6 years, 3 months ago

Let A O E \angle AOE be θ \theta

Area of A O E = \triangle AOE= Area of B E C \triangle BEC

1 2 × r sin θ × r cos θ = 1 2 × ( r r cos θ ) × r sin θ \frac{1}{2}\times r\sin\theta \times r\cos\theta=\frac{1}{2}\times (r-r\cos\theta) \times r\sin\theta

cos θ = 1 cos θ \Rightarrow \cos\theta = 1 - \cos\theta

cos θ = 1 2 \cos\theta = \frac{1}{2}

θ = 6 0 \theta = 60^\circ

O A D = 3 0 \Rightarrow\angle OAD=30^\circ

A O D \triangle AOD is isosceles, so A O D = 12 0 \angle AOD=120^\circ

Using cosine theorem on A O D \triangle AOD

1 2 = r 2 + r 2 2 r 2 c o s 12 0 1^2=r^2+r^2-2r^2cos120^\circ (AD=1)

r 2 = 1 3 a n d \Rightarrow r^2=\frac{1}{3} and A r e a = π 3 Area=\frac{\pi}{3}

In my opinion the core of the problem is realizing that BE is the median of triangle BOC, since area of triangles AOE = OBE= BOC. As by hypothesis AD is perpendicular to OC, point E is in the intersection of the 2 auxiliaries circumferences as shown in drawing. AE equal half of AD and OE equals half of OA.

Therefore by Pythagoras OA = 1/sqrt{3}and the Area is Pi/3

I n AEO and BEO, base AO=BO, common hight. A r e a s a m e . A r e a s o f B E O a n d B E C a r e s a m e a n d h a v e t h e c o m m o n h i g h t . b a s e s a r e e q u a l . E i s m i d p o i n t o f O C . B u t O C = R , r a d i u s o f t h e c i r c l e . r a d i u s O C c h o r d A D . E i s m i d p o i n t o f A D . C E = 1 2 R . A E = 1 2 . S o i n t h e c i r c l e 1 4 = A E 2 = ( 2 R C E ) C E = ( 2 R 1 2 R ) 1 2 R . 1 4 = 3 4 R 2 . A R E A o f t h e c i r c l e = π 3 = 1.047 \large In ~\triangle \text{ AEO and BEO, base AO=BO, common hight.}\\\large \therefore~\ Area~same. ~\implies~ Areas~of~\triangle ~BEO~and~BEC~are\\\large same~ and~have~ the~ common~ hight. ~~~\therefore~bases~are~equal.\\ \large\implies E~is~ midpoint ~of~OC.~But ~OC=R,~radius~of~the\\ \large circle. ~~radius~OC\perp~chord~AD. ~~\therefore~ E~is~midpoint~of~AD.~\\\large CE = \dfrac{1}{2}*R.~~~~~~~~~~ AE= \dfrac{1}{2}. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So ~in ~the~ circle~~~\\\large \dfrac{1}{4}=AE^2=(2R-CE)*CE=(2R-\dfrac{1}{2}*R)*\dfrac{1}{2}*R.\\ \large \therefore~\dfrac{1}{4} =\dfrac{3}{4}*R^2.~~\therefore~AREA~of ~the~ circle~=\dfrac{\pi}{3}=~~~~\boxed{ \color{#D61F06}{ 1.047}}

محمد فكرى
Feb 22, 2015

Angle OAE=30 Degree,AE=0.5 ,FROM RIGHT TRIANGLE (OAE) GET RADUIES OF CIRCLE (OA)=0.577 , HENCE: CIRCLE AREA=1.04719 SQUARE UNITE

Angle OAE = 30 Degrees, but that should be proved!!

Niranjan Khanderia - 6 years, 3 months ago

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