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Geometry Level 2

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 = 22 7 \pi = \dfrac{22}{7} .


The answer is 350.

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3 solutions

Jason Chrysoprase
Feb 12, 2016

Assume that n n is the small square size

( Small square area - Cicle quarter area ) + ( Rectangle Area - Circle Quarter area ) + ( Rectangle Area - Semicircle Area ) = 91 =91

( n 2 ( 22 7 × 1 4 × n 2 ) ) + ( ( n × 2 n ) ( 22 7 × 1 4 × n 2 ) ) + ( ( n × 2 n ) ( 22 7 × 1 2 × n 2 ) ) = 91 (n^2 - (\frac{22}{7} \times \frac {1}{4} \times n^2 )) + (( n \times 2n )- (\frac{22}{7} \times \frac {1}{4} \times n^2 )) + (( n \times 2n )- (\frac{22}{7} \times \frac {1}{2} \times n^2 )) = 91

n 2 11 14 n 2 + 2 n 2 11 14 n 2 + 2 n 2 11 7 n 2 = 91 n^2 - \frac {11}{14} n^2 + 2n^2 - \frac {11}{14}n^2 + 2n^2 - \frac {11}{7} n^2 = 91

13 7 n 2 = 91 \frac{13}{7} n^2 = 91

n 2 = 49 n^2 = 49

n = 7 n= 7

Now we can conclude that,

Square Paper Area - Orange Area = Red Heart Area

( 3 ( n ) ) 2 91 = (3(n))^2 - 91 = Red Heart Area

9 × 7 2 91 = 9 \times 7^2 - 91 = Red Heart Area

441 91 = 441-91 = Red Heart Area

350 = \boxed {350} = Red Heart Area

Let r r to be the radius of the two red semi-circles, then 2 r + r = 3 r = side of greatest square 2r + r = 3r = \text{side of greatest square} \Rightarrow Surface of the greatest square = 9 r 2 \text{Surface of the greatest square} = 9r^2

Surface of orange color = r 2 + ( 4 r 2 π r 2 ) = 5 r 2 22 7 r 2 = \text{Surface of orange color} = r^2 + (4r^2 - \pi \cdot r^2) = 5r^2 - \frac{22}{7} \cdot r^2 = 13 7 r 2 = 91 r 2 = 637 13 = 49 \frac{13}{7} \cdot r^2 = 91 \Rightarrow r^2 = \frac{637}{13} = 49 \Rightarrow Surface or heart shape = Surface the greatest square Surface of orange color = \text{Surface or heart shape} = \text{Surface the greatest square} - \text{Surface of orange color} = = 9 49 91 = 441 91 = 350 = 9 \cdot 49 - 91 = 441 - 91 = 350

Anh Vu
Feb 18, 2016

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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