A heart-shaped paper is placed on a square-shaped paper. The heart shape is symmetric, and consists of two semi-circles tangent to 2 sides of the square and two lines lying on the other 2 sides of the square.
Given that the orange area is 91, find the red heart area.
Use the approximation π = 7 2 2 .
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Let r to be the radius of the two red semi-circles, then 2 r + r = 3 r = side of greatest square ⇒ Surface of the greatest square = 9 r 2
Surface of orange color = r 2 + ( 4 r 2 − π ⋅ r 2 ) = 5 r 2 − 7 2 2 ⋅ r 2 = 7 1 3 ⋅ r 2 = 9 1 ⇒ r 2 = 1 3 6 3 7 = 4 9 ⇒ Surface or heart shape = Surface the greatest square − Surface of orange color = = 9 ⋅ 4 9 − 9 1 = 4 4 1 − 9 1 = 3 5 0
No indication from the problem statement that the answer will be decimal, we can safely assume the area of the square containing the heart is a perfect square and the heart-shaped area will be presumably an integer.
The orange area from visual estimation is about 1/3 to 1/4 of the heart. No way it's 1/2, 1/5 is kinda too small. 91 x 3 is 273. 91 x 4 is 364. The red area should be in around 273 to around 364 that adds to 91 to make a perfect square. Thus, area of the great square should be around 364 to around 455.
Perfect squares from 300: 324, 361, 400, 441, 484.
324 - 91 = 230 ish doesn't make sense, too small 361 - 91 = 250, less than 1/3, ehhhh ok 400 - 91 = 300ish, sounds good 441 - 91 = 350, sounds good 484 - 91 = 390, kinda too big
Try the 2 good ones. If failed, calculate it as written in the other solution :)
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Assume that n is the small square size
( Small square area - Cicle quarter area ) + ( Rectangle Area - Circle Quarter area ) + ( Rectangle Area - Semicircle Area ) = 9 1
( n 2 − ( 7 2 2 × 4 1 × n 2 ) ) + ( ( n × 2 n ) − ( 7 2 2 × 4 1 × n 2 ) ) + ( ( n × 2 n ) − ( 7 2 2 × 2 1 × n 2 ) ) = 9 1
n 2 − 1 4 1 1 n 2 + 2 n 2 − 1 4 1 1 n 2 + 2 n 2 − 7 1 1 n 2 = 9 1
7 1 3 n 2 = 9 1
n 2 = 4 9
n = 7
Now we can conclude that,
Square Paper Area - Orange Area = Red Heart Area
( 3 ( n ) ) 2 − 9 1 = Red Heart Area
9 × 7 2 − 9 1 = Red Heart Area
4 4 1 − 9 1 = Red Heart Area
3 5 0 = Red Heart Area