Is it a segment?

Calculus Level 3

The figure at right shows a unit semicircle (in blue) and the graph of f ( x ) = x + 1 f(x)=x+1 (in green).

Let the purple line segment A B AB be the longest vertical line segment that joins the blue semicircle and green line in the domain [ 1 , 0 ] . [-1,0].

If R R is the area of the black shaded region, what is 100 R ? \left\lfloor 100R \right\rfloor ?

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First, to find the x x -coordinate that maximizes the length of A B AB , we need to find which value of x x maximizes the length function f ( x ) = 1 x 2 ( x + 1 ) , f(x) = \sqrt{1 - x^{2}} - (x + 1), (as the circle has equation x 2 + y 2 = 1 x^{2} + y^{2} = 1 ). Then

f ( x ) = x 1 x 2 1 = 0 f'(x) = \dfrac{-x}{\sqrt{1 - x^{2}}} - 1 = 0 when

x = 1 x 2 x 2 = 1 x 2 x = 1 2 , -x = \sqrt{1 - x^{2}} \Longrightarrow x^{2} = 1 - x^{2} \Longrightarrow x = -\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}},

as we are clearly looking for a negative x x -value. Now f ( x ) = 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 3 2 < 0 f''(x) = -\dfrac{1}{(1 - x^{2})^{\frac{3}{2}}} \lt 0 for x = 1 2 x = -\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} so by the second derivative test we can conclude that the length of A B AB is maximized for this value of x . x.

Now define the points P ( 1 , 0 ) , Q ( 1 2 ) P(-1,0), Q(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}) and O ( 0 , 0 ) O(0,0) . Then the area of the shaded region will be the area of sector A O P AOP minus the combined areas of Δ A O Q \Delta AOQ and Δ B P Q . \Delta BPQ. Now as 1 2 = cos ( π 4 ) \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} = \cos(\dfrac{\pi}{4}) we know that A O P = π 4 , \angle AOP = \dfrac{\pi}{4}, so the area of sector A O P AOP is just π 4 . \dfrac{\pi}{4}.

Next, as Δ A O Q \Delta AOQ and Δ B P Q \Delta BPQ are both isosceles right triangles, their combined areas will be

1 2 ( 1 2 ) 2 + 1 2 ( 1 1 2 ) 2 = 1 4 + 1 2 ( 3 2 2 ) = 1 2 2 . \dfrac{1}{2}*\left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^{2} + \dfrac{1}{2}\left(1 - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^{2} = \dfrac{1}{4} + \dfrac{1}{2}*\left(\dfrac{3}{2} - \sqrt{2}\right) = 1 - \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}.

Thus the area of the shaded region is A = π 8 1 + 2 2 = 0.09980586.... A = \dfrac{\pi}{8} - 1 + \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2} = 0.09980586.... and so 100 A = 9 . \lfloor 100A \rfloor = \boxed{9}.

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