Geometry problem - area calculation

Geometry Level 1

In the above figure, the radius of circle O O is 5 5 , and the distance O A = 13 \overline{OA} = 13 . Find the area of the yellow shaded region bounded by the two tangents from point A A to the circle and the minor arc B C BC .


The answer is 30.6.

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1 solution

Tommy Li
Sep 7, 2020

Note O C B = 9 0 \angle OCB =90^{\circ} that Δ A O C \Delta AOC is an right-angled triangle and C A = 12 \overline{CA} = 12 by Pythagoras' theorem.

area of Δ A O C = 12 × 5 2 = 30 \Delta AOC = \dfrac{12 \times 5}{2} = 30 . Similarly, Δ A O B = 30 \Delta AOB =30 .

A O C = A O B = arctan 12 5 \angle AOC = \angle AOB = \arctan{\dfrac{12}{5}} .

Required area = = area of Δ A O C \Delta AOC + area of Δ A O B \Delta AOB - area of sector B O C BOC

= 30 + 30 π × 5 2 × 2 arctan 12 5 36 0 = 30 + 30 - \pi \times 5^2 \times \dfrac{2\arctan{\frac{12}{5}}}{360^{\circ}}

30.6. \approx 30.6.

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