Find the area of the circle

Geometry Level 3

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 9\sqrt{3} , find the area of the circle. Use π = 22 7 \pi=\frac{22}{7} .

3 1056 7 + 7 264 \sqrt{3}\dfrac{1056}{7}+\dfrac{7}{264} ( 48 + 12 3 ) 22 7 \left(\sqrt{48+12\sqrt{3}}\right)\dfrac{22}{7} ( 12 3 + 36 ) 22 7 \left(12\sqrt{3}+36\right)\dfrac{22}{7} 1056 7 + 264 7 3 \dfrac{1056}{7}+\dfrac{264}{7}\sqrt{3}

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Consider my diagram. Let A A be the center of the circle, and it is also the centroid of the triangle (since it is equilateral). The area of an equilateral triangle is given by A = 3 4 x 2 A=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4} x^2 where x x is the side length. We have

9 3 = 3 4 x 2 9\sqrt{3}=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4}x^2 \implies x = 6 x=6

It follows that side length of the square is also 6 6 . By pythagorean theorem, we have h = 6 2 3 2 = 3 3 h=\sqrt{6^2-3^2}=3\sqrt{3} . It follows that a = 1 3 h = 1 3 ( 3 3 ) = 3 a=\dfrac{1}{3}h=\dfrac{1}{3}(3\sqrt{3})=\sqrt{3} . So A C = a + 6 = 3 + 6 AC=a+6=\sqrt{3}+6 . By pythagorean theorem on triangle A C B ACB , we have

r 2 = 3 2 + ( 6 + 3 ) 2 = 9 + ( 36 + 12 3 + 3 ) = 48 + 12 3 r^2=3^2+(6+\sqrt{3})^2=9+(36+12\sqrt{3}+3)=48+12\sqrt{3}

Thus, the area of the circle is

A = π r 2 = 22 7 ( 48 + 12 3 ) = 1056 7 + 264 7 3 A=\pi r^2=\dfrac{22}{7}(48+12\sqrt{3})=\boxed{\dfrac{1056}{7}+\dfrac{264}{7}\sqrt{3}}

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