Find the yellow angle?- interesting geometry puzzle
In the figure two rays are tangent to the circle at the point where the quarter circle meets the circle. Find the angle marked yellow?
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Let the radius of the quarter circle be a and that of the full circle be b . Then a 2 + b 2 = 2 ( a − b ) 2 or a 2 − 4 a b + b 2 = 0 . This yields a b = 2 − √ 3 (since b < a ). Thus half of the required angle is tan − 1 ( a b ) = tan − 1 ( 2 − √ 3 ) = 1 5 ° and hence the required angle is 3 0 °
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Let the center of the quarter circle be C and its radius be 1. Let the rays tangent to the circle at A and B . Then the perpendiculars at A and B meet at the center O of the circle. Then O A = O B = r , the radius of the circle. Let ∠ A C B = θ . Let O D be perpendicular to the right side of the square then:
O D + O C × cos 4 5 ∘ r + cos 2 θ cos 4 5 ∘ tan 2 θ + 2 cos 2 θ 1 2 sin 2 θ + 1 2 ( 2 1 cos 2 θ − 2 1 sin 2 θ ) cos ( 2 θ + 4 5 ∘ ) 2 θ + 4 5 ∘ ⟹ θ = 1 = 1 = 1 = 2 cos 2 θ = 1 = 2 1 = 6 0 ∘ = 3 0 ∘ Multiply both sides by 2 cos 2 θ