Lunar Areas

Geometry Level 2

Semi circles were constructed on the sides of a triangle as shown in the figure . Let G G and R R represents the green area and the red area respectively. Compare the red and the green areas?

G = R G=R G > R G>R R = 2 G R=2G G < R G<R G = 2 R G=2R

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 11, 2018

Let the side lengths of the red right triangle be a a and b 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 \sqrt{a^2+b^2} . And we have:

G + B = 1 2 × π × ( a 2 ) 2 + 1 2 × π × ( b 2 ) 2 = π 8 ( a 2 + b 2 ) where B is the blue area. R + B = 1 2 × π × ( a 2 + b 2 2 ) 2 = π 8 ( a 2 + b 2 ) G + B = R + B \begin{aligned} {\color{#20A900}G} +\color{#3D99F6}B & = \frac 12 \times \pi \times \left( \frac a2 \right)^2 + \frac 12 \times \pi \times \left( \frac b2 \right)^2 = \boxed {\dfrac \pi 8(a^2+b^2)} & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{where }B \text{ is the blue area.} \\ {\color{#D61F06}R} + \color{#3D99F6} B & = \frac 12 \times \pi \times \left( \frac {\sqrt{a^2+b^2}}2\right)^2 = \boxed {\dfrac \pi 8(a^2+b^2)} \\ \implies {\color{#20A900}G} +\color{#3D99F6}B & = {\color{#D61F06}R} + \color{#3D99F6} B \end{aligned}

Therefore G = R \boxed{{\color{#20A900}G} = {\color{#D61F06}R}} .

X X
Nov 11, 2018

Let the blue area be B B

By Pythagorean theorem, the area of the two small semicircles equal to the area of the big semicircle.

G + B = R + B , G = R G+B=R+B,G=R

Thank you, nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 2 years, 7 months ago
Chakravarthy B
Mar 7, 2019

the above is hippocrates theorem

the below is proof

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