The red and the blue semicircles have radii of 2 and 1 respectively and the purple circle is tangent to the red and blue semicircles and the large semicircle.
If the area of the green region A = b a π , where a and b are coprime positive integers, find a + b .
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Let the center of the large green semicircle be the origin ( 0 , 0 ) , then the center of the red semicircle is ( − 1 , 0 ) and the center of the blue semicircle is ( 2 , 0 ) . Let the center of the purple circle be ( x , y ) and its radius be r . Then we have:
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ ( x + 1 ) 2 + y 2 = ( 2 + r ) 2 ( x − 2 ) 2 + y 2 = ( 1 + r ) 2 x 2 + y 2 = ( 3 − r ) 2 . . . ( 1 ) . . . ( 2 ) . . . ( 3 )
From ( 1 ) − ( 2 ) : 6 x − 3 = 2 r + 3 ⟹ 6 x = 2 r + 6 . . . ( 4 ) .
From ( 1 ) − ( 3 ) : 2 x + 1 = 1 0 r − 5 ⟹ 2 x = 1 0 r − 6 . . . ( 5 ) .
From 3 × ( 5 ) − ( 4 ) : 0 = 2 8 r − 2 4 ⟹ r = 7 6 .
Therefore the area of green region A = π ( 2 3 2 − 2 2 2 − 2 1 2 − ( 7 6 ) 2 ) = 4 9 6 2 π . ⟹ a + b = 6 2 + 4 9 = 1 1 1 .
Let ( m , n ) be center of the purple circle with radius r .
( 1 ) : ( m − 2 ) 2 + n 2 = ( 2 + r ) 2 ⟹ m 2 − 4 m + 4 + n 2 = 4 + 4 r + r 2
( 2 ) : ( m − 5 ) 3 + n 2 = ( 1 + r ) 2 ⟹ m 2 − 1 0 m + 2 5 + n 2 = 1 + 2 r + r 2
( 3 ) : ( m − 3 ) 2 + n 2 = ( 3 − r ) 2 ⟹ m 2 − 6 m + 9 + n 2 = 9 − 6 r + r 2
Subtracting 2 ) from ( 1 ) we obtain 3 m − r = 1 2
Subtracting ( 3 ) from ( 1 ) we obtain m = 5 r
⟹ 1 4 r = 1 2 ⟹ r = 7 6
⟹ A = ( 2 9 − ( 2 + 2 1 + 4 9 3 6 ) ) π = ( 2 − 4 9 3 6 ) π = 4 9 6 2 π = b a π ⟹ a = b = 1 1 1 .
Label the diagram as follows, where C is the center of the large semi-circle:
The large semi-circle has a radius of A C = C F = C J = 2 1 A F = 2 1 ( A B + B D + D E + E F ) = 2 1 ( 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ) = 3 which means C E = C F − E F = 3 − 1 = 2 . Also, B E = B D + D E = 2 + 1 = 3 .
Let r = I G = I H = I J . Then C I = C J − I J = 3 − r , B I = B G + I G = 2 + r , and E I = E H + I H = 1 + r .
By the law of cosines on △ B E I and △ C E I , cos ∠ I E C = 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ ( r + 1 ) 3 2 + ( r + 1 ) 2 − ( r + 2 ) 2 = 2 ⋅ 2 ⋅ ( r + 1 ) 2 2 + ( r + 1 ) 2 − ( 3 − r ) 2 , which solves to r = 7 6 .
The area of the green region is then the area of the large semi-circle minus the sum of the areas of the two smaller semi-circles and the circle, which is A = 2 3 2 π − ( 2 2 2 π + 2 1 2 π + 7 2 6 2 π ) = 4 9 6 2 π .
Therefore, a = 6 2 , b = 4 9 , and a + b = 1 1 1 .
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Descartes' circle theorem is the key here.
Let the radius of the orange and the blue semicircles are r 1 = 2 , r 2 = 1 , and let R = r 1 + r 2 = 3 denote the radius of the green semicircle.
Denote the curvature of the pink circle as k 3 .
The curvatures of the blue, orange and green semicircles are k 1 = 1 , k 2 = 2 1 , k 4 = − 3 1 .
Using Descartes' circle theorem, we get ( 1 + 2 1 + k 3 − 3 1 ) 2 = 2 ( 1 2 + ( 2 1 ) 2 + k 3 2 + ( − 3 1 ) 2 )
Solving the equation above gives k 3 = 6 7 , so the radius of the pink circle is 7 6 .
The area of the green shaded region is 2 1 π ⋅ 3 2 − 2 1 π ⋅ 2 2 − 2 1 π ⋅ 1 2 − π ⋅ ( 7 6 ) 2 = 4 9 6 2 π
The answer is 6 2 + 4 9 = 1 1 1 .