Rhombus

Geometry Level 3

A rhombus A B C D ABCD has sides of length 10. A circle with center A A passes through C C (the opposite vertex.) Likewise, a circle with center D D passes through B B . If the two circles are tangent to each other, what is the area of the rhombus?


The answer is 75.

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1 solution

Masbahul Islam
May 19, 2016

Let R R be the radius of the large circle and r r be the radius of the smaller circle.

By considering A D AD , we get that R r = 10 R-r = 10 .
By considering A B AB , we get that A B 2 = ( A C 2 ) 2 + ( B D 2 ) 2 AB^2 = \left( \frac{AC}{2} \right)^2 + \left( \frac{BD}{2} \right) ^2 , or that 400 = R 2 + r 2 400 = 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 R r 2 \frac{Rr}{2} . Squaring the first equation and subtracting the second, we obtain that 2 R r = ( R 2 + r 2 ) ( R r ) 2 = 400 100 = 300 2Rr = ( R^2 + r^2) - (R-r)^2 = 400 - 100 = 300 . Thus, the area of the rhombus is R r 2 = 300 4 = 75 \frac{Rr}{2} = \frac{300}{4} = 75 .

Good solution!!!..+1

Ayush G Rai - 5 years ago

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