A square is drawn on each side of an equilateral triangle. Then a circle is drawn such that two vertices of each square lies on the circumference of the circle. If the area of the triangle is
9
3
, find the area of the circle. Use
π
=
7
2
2
.
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9 3 = 4 3 x 2 ⟹ x = 6
It follows that side length of the square is also 6 . By pythagorean theorem, we have h = 6 2 − 3 2 = 3 3 . It follows that a = 3 1 h = 3 1 ( 3 3 ) = 3 . So A C = a + 6 = 3 + 6 . By pythagorean theorem on triangle A C B , we have
r 2 = 3 2 + ( 6 + 3 ) 2 = 9 + ( 3 6 + 1 2 3 + 3 ) = 4 8 + 1 2 3
Thus, the area of the circle is
A = π r 2 = 7 2 2 ( 4 8 + 1 2 3 ) = 7 1 0 5 6 + 7 2 6 4 3