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Geometry Level 3

The red and the blue semicircles have radii of 2 2 and 1 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 = a b π A = \dfrac{a}{b} \pi , where a a and b b are coprime positive integers, find a + b a + b .


The answer is 111.

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4 solutions

Pi Han Goh
Nov 25, 2020

Descartes' circle theorem is the key here.

Let the radius of the orange and the blue semicircles are r 1 = 2 , r 2 = 1 r_1 = 2, r_2 = 1 , and let R = r 1 + r 2 = 3 R = r_1 + r_2 = 3 denote the radius of the green semicircle.

Denote the curvature of the pink circle as k 3 k_3 .

The curvatures of the blue, orange and green semicircles are k 1 = 1 , k 2 = 1 2 , k 4 = 1 3 . k_1 = 1, k_2 = \frac12, k_4 = -\frac13.

Using Descartes' circle theorem, we get ( 1 + 1 2 + k 3 1 3 ) 2 = 2 ( 1 2 + ( 1 2 ) 2 + k 3 2 + ( 1 3 ) 2 ) \left(1 + \frac12 + k_3 - \frac13 \right)^2 = 2 \left( 1^2 + (\tfrac12)^2 + k_3^2 + (-\tfrac13)^2 \right)

Solving the equation above gives k 3 = 7 6 k_3 = \frac76 , so the radius of the pink circle is 6 7 . \frac67 .

The area of the green shaded region is 1 2 π 3 2 1 2 π 2 2 1 2 π 1 2 π ( 6 7 ) 2 = 62 49 π \frac12 \pi \cdot 3^2 - \frac12 \pi \cdot 2^2 - \frac12 \pi \cdot 1^2 - \pi \cdot (\tfrac67 )^2 = \frac{62}{49} \pi

The answer is 62 + 49 = 111 . 62 + 49 = \boxed{111} .

Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 25, 2020

Let the center of the large green semicircle be the origin ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) , then the center of the red semicircle is ( 1 , 0 ) (-1,0) and the center of the blue semicircle is ( 2 , 0 ) (2,0) . Let the center of the purple circle be ( x , y ) (x,y) and its radius be r r . Then we have:

{ ( x + 1 ) 2 + y 2 = ( 2 + r ) 2 . . . ( 1 ) ( x 2 ) 2 + y 2 = ( 1 + r ) 2 . . . ( 2 ) x 2 + y 2 = ( 3 r ) 2 . . . ( 3 ) \begin{cases} (x+1)^2 + y^2 = (2+r)^2 & ...(1) \\ (x-2)^2 + y^2 = (1+r)^2 & ...(2) \\ x^2 + y^2 = (3-r)^2 & ...(3) \end{cases}

From ( 1 ) ( 2 ) : 6 x 3 = 2 r + 3 6 x = 2 r + 6 . . . ( 4 ) (1)-(2): \ 6x - 3 = 2r + 3 \implies 6x = 2r + 6 \quad ...(4) .

From ( 1 ) ( 3 ) : 2 x + 1 = 10 r 5 2 x = 10 r 6 . . . ( 5 ) (1)-(3): \ 2x + 1 = 10r - 5 \implies 2x = 10r - 6 \quad ...(5) .

From 3 × ( 5 ) ( 4 ) : 0 = 28 r 24 r = 6 7 3\times (5)-(4): \ 0 = 28r - 24 \implies r = \dfrac 67 .

Therefore the area of green region A = π ( 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 ( 6 7 ) 2 ) = 62 49 π A = \pi \left(\dfrac {3^2}2 - \dfrac {2^2}2 - \dfrac {1^2}2 - \left(\dfrac 67\right)^2 \right) = \dfrac {62}{49}\pi . a + b = 62 + 49 = 111 \implies a + b = 62+49 = \boxed{111} .

Rocco Dalto
Nov 24, 2020

Let ( m , n ) (m,n) be center of the purple circle with radius r r .

( 1 ) : ( m 2 ) 2 + n 2 = ( 2 + r ) 2 m 2 4 m + 4 + n 2 = 4 + 4 r + r 2 (1): \:\ (m - 2)^2 + n^2 = (2 + r)^2 \implies m^2 - 4m + 4 + n^2 = 4 + 4r + r^2

( 2 ) : ( m 5 ) 3 + n 2 = ( 1 + r ) 2 m 2 10 m + 25 + n 2 = 1 + 2 r + r 2 (2): \:\ (m - 5)^3 + n^2 = (1 + r)^2 \implies m^2 - 10m + 25 + n^2 = 1 + 2r + r^2

( 3 ) : ( m 3 ) 2 + n 2 = ( 3 r ) 2 m 2 6 m + 9 + n 2 = 9 6 r + r 2 (3): \:\ (m - 3)^2 + n^2 = (3 - r)^2 \implies m^2 - 6m + 9 + n^2 = 9 - 6r + r^2

Subtracting 2 ) 2) from ( 1 ) (1) we obtain 3 m r = 12 3m - r = 12

Subtracting ( 3 ) (3) from ( 1 ) (1) we obtain m = 5 r m = 5r

14 r = 12 r = 6 7 \implies 14r = 12 \implies r = \dfrac{6}{7}

A = ( 9 2 ( 2 + 1 2 + 36 49 ) ) π = ( 2 36 49 ) π = 62 49 π = a b π a = b = 111 \implies A = (\dfrac{9}{2} - (2 + \dfrac{1}{2} + \dfrac{36}{49}))\pi = (2 - \dfrac{36}{49})\pi = \dfrac{62}{49}\pi = \dfrac{a}{b}\pi \implies a = b = \boxed{111} .

David Vreken
Dec 5, 2020

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 = 1 2 A F = 1 2 ( A B + B D + D E + E F ) = 1 2 ( 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ) = 3 AC = CF = CJ = \frac{1}{2}AF = \frac{1}{2}(AB + BD + DE + EF) = \frac{1}{2}(2 + 2 + 1 + 1) = 3 which means C E = C F E F = 3 1 = 2 CE = CF - EF = 3 - 1 = 2 . Also, B E = B D + D E = 2 + 1 = 3 BE = BD + DE = 2 + 1 = 3 .

Let r = I G = I H = I J r = IG = IH = IJ . Then C I = C J I J = 3 r CI = CJ - IJ = 3 - r , B I = B G + I G = 2 + r BI = BG + IG = 2 + r , and E I = E H + I H = 1 + r EI = EH + IH = 1 + r .

By the law of cosines on B E I \triangle BEI and C E I \triangle CEI , cos I E C = 3 2 + ( r + 1 ) 2 ( r + 2 ) 2 2 3 ( r + 1 ) = 2 2 + ( r + 1 ) 2 ( 3 r ) 2 2 2 ( r + 1 ) \cos \angle IEC = \cfrac{3^2 + (r + 1)^2 - (r + 2)^2}{2 \cdot 3 \cdot (r + 1)} = \cfrac{2^2 + (r + 1)^2 - (3 - r)^2}{2 \cdot 2 \cdot (r + 1)} , which solves to r = 6 7 r = \frac{6}{7} .

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 = 3 2 2 π ( 2 2 2 π + 1 2 2 π + 6 2 7 2 π ) = 62 49 π A = \frac{3^2}{2}\pi - (\frac{2^2}{2}\pi + \frac{1^2}{2}\pi + \frac{6^2}{7^2}\pi) = \frac{62}{49}\pi .

Therefore, a = 62 a = 62 , b = 49 b = 49 , and a + b = 111 a + b = \boxed{111} .

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