From rectangle to circle

Geometry Level 4

In the above figure, A B C D ABCD is a square and circle with centre O O is inscribed. In the corner, there is a rectangle A E F G AEFG with A G = 10 AG=10 unit and A E = 20 AE=20 unit is inscribed. Find the area of circle.

Give your answer to 4 decimal places.


The answer is 7853.98.

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5 solutions

R=10 is not possible since in the original equation it does not satisfy original equation (the one before squaring).

Aditya Chauhan - 4 years, 9 months ago
Anubhav Rane
Jul 28, 2016

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Both rectangles AEFG and ABNM are similar ( A E A G = A B A M \frac{AE}{AG} =\frac{AB}{AM} ) hence AF extended will meet the circle at N (A-F-N colinear).

Triangles AGF and AFM are similar right angled triangles A F G = A N M = F M A = θ \angle AFG = \angle ANM = \angle FMA = \theta

sin θ = A G A F = A F A M \sin \theta = \frac{AG}{AF} = \frac{AF}{AM}

Hence, 1 5 = 10 5 R \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} = \frac{10 \sqrt{5}}{R} and R = 50 \textbf {R = 50}

Ujjwal Rane
Jul 28, 2016

Let R = radius of the circle. Then there will be eight points like F on the circle. Take the one shown with coordinates F = (-R+20, R-10) with center O as the origin.

( R + 20 ) 2 + ( R 10 ) 2 = R 2 (-R + 20)^2 + (R - 10)^2 = R^2

R 2 60 R + 500 = 0 R^2 -60R + 500 = 0 giving R = 10 or 50. R= 10 too gives an interesting solution! In that case, the rectangle AEFG overlaps the circle and F is the midpoint of the right edge of the square.

But the one we need is R = 50 giving the area to be 5 0 2 π = 7853.98 50^2 \pi = 7853.98

James Pohadi
Jun 28, 2016

A G = E F = 10 , A G = A E = 20 \color{#3D99F6}{AG=EF=10}, \color{#20A900}{AG=AE=20}

Let r r be the radius of the circle.

O F 2 = r 2 = ( r E F ) 2 + ( r G F ) 2 r 2 = ( r A G ) 2 + ( r A E ) 2 r 2 = ( r 10 ) 2 + ( r 20 ) 2 r 2 = r 2 20 r + 100 + r 2 40 r + 400 0 = 2 r 2 60 r + 500 r 2 0 = r 2 60 r + 500 0 = ( r 10 ) ( r 50 ) r = 1 0 or r = 50 * not available because smaller than AE \begin{aligned} OF^{2}= r^{2} & =(r-\color{#3D99F6}{EF})^{2}+(r-\color{#20A900}{GF})^{2} \\ r^{2} & =(r-\color{#3D99F6}{AG})^2+(r-\color{#20A900}{AE})^{2} \\ r^{2} & =(r-\color{#3D99F6}{10})^2+(r-\color{#20A900}{20})^{2} \\ r^{2} & =r^{2}-20r+100+r^{2}-40r+400 \\ 0 & =2r^{2}-60r+500-r^{2} \\ 0 & =r^{2}-60r+500 \\ 0 & =(r-10)(r-50) \\ & r=10^\color{#D61F06}{*} \text{ or } r=50 \quad \quad \small \color{#D61F06}{\text{* not available because smaller than AE}} \end{aligned}

A r e a = π r 2 = π 5 0 2 = 7853.9816 Area= \pi r^{2}=\pi 50^{2}=\boxed{7853.9816}

Sal Gard
May 13, 2016

Let 20=rcosx and 10=r(1-sinx). Now we have cosx=2(1-sinx). Simplifying yields 2sinx+cosx=2. Let cosx=sqrt(1-x^2), where x=sinx, a quadratic can be solved, yielding sinx=4/5. Now 10=r/5 and r=50, hence area is 2500pi.

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It's best to define the variables when you first use the. Otherwise, you're making others guess what you mean, and it's not always clear what the angle has to be.

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