Semi circles were constructed on the sides of a triangle as shown in the figure . Let and represents the green area and the red area respectively. Compare the red and the green areas?
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Let the side lengths of the red right triangle be a and b as shown. Then by Pythagorean theorem , the hypotenuse of the red right triangle, which is also the diameter of the semicircle composed of the blue and red areas, is equal to a 2 + b 2 . And we have:
G + B R + B ⟹ G + B = 2 1 × π × ( 2 a ) 2 + 2 1 × π × ( 2 b ) 2 = 8 π ( a 2 + b 2 ) = 2 1 × π × ( 2 a 2 + b 2 ) 2 = 8 π ( a 2 + b 2 ) = R + B where B is the blue area.
Therefore G = R .