ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area

Geometry Level 2

The diameter of the red circle is twice the diameter of the green circle. If all diameters lie on the diameter of the blue circle, find the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area.

7 : 4 7:4 6 : 5 6:5 5 : 3 5:3 10 : 5 10:5

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1 solution

Let 2 r 2r be the diameter of the green circle, then the diameter of the red circle is 4 r 4r and the diameter of the blue circle is 8 r 8r .

unshaded area = area of the two green circles + area of the red circle = 2 π r 2 + π ( 2 r ) 2 = 2 π r 2 + 4 π r 2 = 6 π r 2 \text{unshaded area = area of the two green circles + area of the red circle} = 2\pi r^2 + \pi (2r)^2=2\pi r^2+4\pi r^2=6\pi r^2

shaded area = area of the blue circle - unshaded area = π ( 4 r ) 2 6 π r 2 = 10 π r 2 \text{shaded area = area of the blue circle - unshaded area} = \pi (4r)^2 - 6\pi r^2= 10 \pi r^2

ratio = 10 π r 2 6 π r 2 = 5 3 \text{ratio} = \dfrac{10 \pi r^2}{6\pi r^2}=\dfrac{5}{3}

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