Sectors in Triangle

Geometry Level 1

Two sectors of a circle are inscribed in an isosceles right triangle with length of the legs of 10 10 . What is the area of the red region to the nearest integer ?


The answer is 11.

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6 solutions

David Vreken
Apr 10, 2020

As a right isosceles with a leg of 10 10 , the triangle has acute angles of 45 ° 45° and a hypotenuse of 10 2 10\sqrt{2} , and an area of A triangle = 1 2 10 10 = 50 A_{\text{triangle}} = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 10 \cdot 10 = 50 .

Just one of the sectors has a radius that is half the triangle's hypotenuse, 5 2 5 \sqrt{2} , a 45 ° 45° central angle, and an area of A sector = 45 ° 360 ° π ( 5 2 ) 2 = 25 π 4 A_{\text{sector}} = \frac{45°}{360°} \cdot \pi (5 \sqrt{2})^2 = \frac{25 \pi}{4} .

Therefore, the area of the red shape is A red = A triangle 2 A sector = 50 2 25 π 4 11 A_{\text{red}} = A_{\text{triangle}} - 2A_{\text{sector}} = 50 - 2 \cdot \frac{25 \pi}{4} \approx \boxed{11} .

Nice one sir

Emmanuel Francis - 1 year, 1 month ago
Marvin Kalngan
Apr 12, 2020

hypotenuse = diameter = 10 2 \text{hypotenuse = diameter =} 10\sqrt{2} [ by pythagorean theorem ] [\text{by pythagorean theorem}]

radius of circular sector = 10 2 2 = 5 2 \text{radius of circular sector =} \dfrac{10\sqrt{2}}{2} = 5\sqrt{2}

area of red part = area of right triangle - area of two circular sectors \text{area of red part = area of right triangle - area of two circular sectors}

area of red part = [ 1 2 × base × height ] [ θ 360 × π × r 2 ] \text{area of red part =} \left[\dfrac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}\right] - \left[\dfrac{\theta}{360} \times \pi \times r^2\right]

area of red part = [ 1 2 × 10 × 10 ] [ 90 360 × π ( 5 2 ) 2 ] 11 square units \text{area of red part =} \left[\dfrac{1}{2} \times 10 \times 10 \right] - \left[\dfrac{90}{360} \times \pi \left(5\sqrt{2}\right)^2\right] \approx \color{#D61F06}\boxed{\large{11 \text{square units}}}

Main: colored region = Area of Triangle - 2 (sector)

AoT: given by b*h/2

sector: requires radius, from below we have radius, area of sector given by (area of circle with given radius)/8. We divide by 8 because isosceles, and right angle implies other two angles pi/4 which is 1/8 of 2pi (full circle)

radius: given by pythagorean with a, b = 10, then division by 2 , we now have radius

Thus we have AoT and sector so colored region follows.

Mahdi Raza
May 2, 2020

Answer in this link: Area of the red figure

Your solutions reminds me of HSM Coxeter and also a bit of Escher, keep going. My best wishes 4 your future endeavours. Cheers!

nibedan mukherjee - 1 year ago

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Thank you for your support and wishes @nibedan mukherjee .

Mahdi Raza - 1 year ago
Kaustubh Khulbe
Apr 26, 2020

Since it’s a right triangle, h = 10 sqrt(2) so the r of the circle is half of it or 5 sqrt(2). The area of the 2 sectors is pi*r^2/4 and subtracting that from 50 gives 11

S Broekhuis
Jan 26, 2021

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