Let a cyclic quadrilateral
inscribed in a circle with a given side length
and
subtends
degree angle at the center of that circle.
Maximize the area, of quadrilateral .
If it can be expressed as:
for positive integers , evaluate .
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Let O as center of given circle { r a d i u s = r } , Clearly in triangle O A B using cosine law a 2 = r 2 + r 2 − 2 r . r cos θ r 2 = 2 ( 1 − cos θ ) a 2
N o t e : Since it is Standard result that area of an standard triangle A B C is Δ = 2 1 b c sin A
Let angle's as ∠ B O C = x 1 , ∠ C O D = x 2 , ∠ D O A = x 3
So Area of quadrilateral is :
A = 2 1 × r 2 ( sin θ + sin x 1 + sin x 2 + sin x 3 )
For to maximize area A , we have to maximize sin x 1 + sin x 2 + sin x 3 where it has constrained that x 1 + x 2 + x 3 = 2 π − θ . For this purpose In my opinion Jenson's Inequality is best .
So consider an function f ( x ) = sin x and Applying Jensen's Inequality , maximum will occur when :
sin x 1 + sin x 2 + sin x 3 = 3 sin ( 3 x 1 + x 2 + x 3 ) ≡ 3 sin ( 3 2 π − θ ) . So Maximum area will be :
A m a x = 2 1 × r 2 ( sin θ + 3 sin ( 3 2 π − θ ) ) A m a x = 4 ( 1 − cos θ ) a 2 × ( sin θ + 3 sin ( 3 2 π − θ ) )
P = 4 , q = 3 , r = 3 , p + q + r = 1 0