The image above represents Mitsudomoe (三つ巴 in Japanese), the combination of three symmetric tomoes , where each of them is composed of three circles indicated by red, blue and green colors. Here are the following information and diagram for the problem:
What is the area of the three black-shaded tomoes? If your answer is , input as your answer.
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Draw the diagram as follow:
Without loss of generality, since 3 green circles are respectively tangent to both red and blue circles at the same points, we can assume that the green circles are smaller than the red circle, and that none of the region takes place outside of the red circle. In this case, B O 2 is the chord of the green circle whose diameter overlaps the radius of the red circle.
Here are the following variables for the problem:
The first step is to determine the green circle's radius. Then, we determine the area of the whole tomoe.
I. Finding Green Circle's Radius
Since ∣ A O 2 ∣ = 1 1 , the radius of the blue circle, and ∣ O 1 O 2 ∣ = 2 4 , the radius of the red circle, ∣ O 1 O 2 ∣ = ∣ A O 1 ∣ − ∣ A O 2 ∣ = 1 3 . By law of cosines , noting that ∠ A O 1 B = 1 2 0 ∘ , ∣ B O 2 ∣ 2 ∣ B O 2 ∣ = ∣ O 1 O 2 ∣ 2 + ∣ O 1 B ∣ 2 − 2 ∣ O 1 O 2 ∣ ∣ O 1 B ∣ cos ( 1 2 0 ∘ ) = 1 0 5 7 Second, by law of sines , from ∣ B O 2 ∣ sin ( A O 1 B ) = ∣ O 2 O 1 ∣ sin ( ∠ O 1 B O 2 ) we find that ∠ O 1 B O 2 = arcsin ( 2 1 1 4 1 3 3 1 7 1 ) . Then, since Δ B O 2 O 3 is an isosceles triangle (so there are two congruent right triangles in that triangle), ∣ B O 3 ∣ = ∣ O 2 O 3 ∣ = 6 1 1 0 5 7 , which is the radius of the green circle.
II. Computing Areas of Tomoes
Most of the work involves computing the areas of the regions. Because the circles' centers are not located at the same position, there are few regions to consider:
II.i. Swirl Region
For the swirl region, since large circular sector A O 1 B includes Δ O 1 O 2 O 3 and the small circular sector O 2 O 3 B , the area of the swirl region is A swirl = A sec 1 − ( A Δ O 1 O 2 O 3 + A sec 3 ) where A sec 1 is the area of the large sector and A sec 3 is the area of the small sector. Instead of simplifying the whole expression (which is quite messy!), the sub-goal is to determine the areas of these three regions.
For A sec 1 , since the angle measurement of the sector is 1 2 0 ∘ , A sec 1 = 3 π ⋅ 2 4 2 = 5 7 6 π For A sec 3 , ∠ B O 3 O 2 = ( 1 8 0 − 2 arcsin ( 2 1 1 4 1 3 3 1 7 1 ) ) ∘ . Then, in radians, A sec 3 = 2 1 8 0 − 2 arcsin ( 2 1 1 4 1 3 3 1 7 1 ) ⋅ ( 6 1 1 0 5 7 ) 2
Since the side lengths of Δ O 1 O 2 O 3 are 1 0 5 7 , 1 3 and ∣ O 1 O 3 ∣ = 2 4 − ∣ B O 3 ∣ = 6 1 4 0 7 , by Heron's formula , A Δ O 1 O 2 O 3 = 2 4 4 5 2 9 1 3 .
II.ii. Minor Segment
Since Δ C O 2 O 3 is an isosceles triangle of base lengths 6 1 1 0 5 7 and side length 1 1 , ∠ C O 3 O 2 = 2 arcsin ( 2 1 1 4 6 7 1 ) . The area of the minor segment C O 2 is A minor = arcsin ( 2 1 1 4 6 7 1 ) ( 6 1 1 0 5 7 ) 2 − 2 1 ( 6 1 1 0 5 7 ) 2 sin ( 2 arcsin ( 2 1 1 4 6 7 1 ) )
II.iii. Arc sector blue region
The final steps is to observe the angles in Δ C O 3 O 2 and O 1 O 2 O 3 , which are both used to determine the measurement of the sector. For Δ C O 3 O 2 , ∠ C O 2 O 3 = arccos ( 2 1 1 4 6 7 1 ) , and for Δ O 1 O 2 O 3 , ∠ O 1 O 2 O 3 = arccos ( 2 1 1 4 1 9 9 3 ) . Therefore, in radians,
A sec 2 = 2 ∠ O 1 O 2 O 3 + ∠ C O 2 O 3 + π ( 1 1 ) 2
III. Final Results
The total area of all three tomoes is approximately 1 4 7 8 . 6 8 . Thus, ⌊ A ⌋ = 1 4 7 8 .