A rhombus has sides of length 10. A circle with center passes through (the opposite vertex.) Likewise, a circle with center passes through . If the two circles are tangent to each other, what is the area of the rhombus?
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Let R be the radius of the large circle and r be the radius of the smaller circle.
By considering A D , we get that R − r = 1 0 .
By considering A B , we get that A B 2 = ( 2 A C ) 2 + ( 2 B D ) 2 , or that 4 0 0 = R 2 + r 2 .
Recall that the area of a rhombus is half the product of the diagonals, thus we are interested in the value of 2 R r . Squaring the first equation and subtracting the second, we obtain that 2 R r = ( R 2 + r 2 ) − ( R − r ) 2 = 4 0 0 − 1 0 0 = 3 0 0 . Thus, the area of the rhombus is 2 R r = 4 3 0 0 = 7 5 .