Quick and cute summer Sangaku #2

Geometry Level 5

The diagram shows a red circle of radius 1 and a blue circle of radius 4. They are tangent to each other and to a same black line. We inscribe a green rectangle between the black line and the two circles. The green rectangle has the largest area possible.

Question: If the area of the rectangle is A \boxed{A} , evaluate : 1 0 7 A \boxed{\lfloor{10^{7}A}\rfloor}


The answer is 5987459.

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3 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 10, 2020

We note that the center of red circle and the center of blue circle has a horizontal distance of 4 4 . If the height of the green rectangle is h h , then the width of the green rectangle w w is given by:

w = 4 1 2 ( 1 h ) 2 4 2 ( 4 h ) 2 = 4 2 h h 2 8 h h 2 \begin{aligned} w & = 4 - \sqrt{1^2 - (1-h)^2} - \sqrt{4^2-(4-h)^2} \\ & = 4 - \sqrt{2h-h^2} - \sqrt{8h-h^2} \end{aligned}

Then the area of the green rectangle is h w = h ( 4 2 h h 2 8 h h 2 ) hw = h(4 - \sqrt{2h-h^2} - \sqrt{8h-h^2}) . And the maximum area A 0.598745976 A \approx 0.598745976 1 0 7 A = 5987459 \implies \lfloor 10^7 A \rfloor = \boxed{5987459} .

Nice solution sir ! Thank you for your time.

Valentin Duringer - 11 months, 1 week ago

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You are welcome.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 11 months, 1 week ago
  • We can draw a coordinate system and give the pink circle the equation : x 2 + ( y 1 ) 2 1 = 0 \boxed{x^{2}+(y-1)^{2}-1=0} and the red circle this equation : ( x 4 ) 2 + ( y 4 ) 2 16 = 0 \boxed{(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2}-16=0}
  • There must be a point M ( x ; y ) \boxed{M(x;y)} on the pink circle and a point N ( x ; y ) \boxed{N(x';y)} on the blue circle to construct the rectangle.
  • Since point M ( x ; y ) \boxed{M(x;y)} is on the red circle, we can express x \boxed{x} in terms of y \boxed{y} using the equation x 2 + ( y 1 ) 2 1 = 0 \boxed{x^{2}+(y-1)^{2}-1=0} <=> x = 2 y y 2 \boxed{x=\sqrt{2y-y^{2}}}
  • Since point N ( x ; y ) \boxed{N(x';y)} is on the blue circle, we can express x \boxed{x} in terms of y \boxed{y} using the equation ( x 4 ) 2 + ( y 4 ) 2 16 = 0 \boxed{(x-4)^{2}+(y-4)^{2}-16=0} <=> x = 4 8 y y 2 \boxed{x'=4-\sqrt{8y-y^{2}}}
  • Then the width of the rectangle is y \boxed{y}
  • The length of the rectangle is 4 8 y y 2 2 y y 2 \boxed{4-\sqrt{8y-y^2}-\sqrt{2y-y^2}}
  • We can now express the rectangle's area in terms of y \boxed{y}
  • A ( y ) = y ( 4 8 y y 2 2 y y 2 ) \boxed{A(y)=y(4-\sqrt{8y-y^2}-\sqrt{2y-y^2)}}
  • The maximum of the function is 0.58974597... \boxed{0.58974597...}
  • Finally, 1 0 7 A = 5987459 \boxed{\lfloor{10^{7}A}\rfloor=5987459}

Hello there =)

Valentin Duringer - 11 months ago

Nice problem, did you get it from some book or something like that?

ANUBHAB GOSWAMI - 11 months ago

Hi and thank you! All my problems are original, but surely this figure has been immagined, used in the past my others since its very simple. For example, i created this problem : https://brilliant.org/problems/quick-and-cute-summer-sangaku-5/?ref_id=1596350 But i could not figure out a formula by myself and after some research i found a similar problem had been immagined and solved in the past. I give the link to the paper in the solution for the bonus question i could not solve by myself, check it out it's very interseting.

Valentin Duringer - 11 months ago

Wow thanks for replying. Great problem though

ANUBHAB GOSWAMI - 11 months ago

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Thank you mate!

Valentin Duringer - 11 months ago

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