Semicircles in a Circle

Geometry Level 2

What proportion of the circle is shaded?

A B = B C = C D AB = BC = CD

3 4 \frac{3}{4} 4 5 \frac{4}{5} 3 5 \frac{3}{5} 2 3 \frac{2}{3}

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1 solution

Aniket Verma
Mar 24, 2015

For simplicity just reverse the lower half of the given figure you will see 3 3 complete circles.

let c 1 c_1 be smallest circle with radius r 1 r_1

c 2 c_2 be tha middle circle with radius r 2 r_2

and c 3 c_3 be the largest circle with radius r 3 r_3

, since it is given that A B = B C = C D AB=BC=CD so we can take that r 3 = 3 r 1 a n d r 2 = 2 r 1 r_3=3r_1~and r_2=2r_1 . for r 1 = 1 r_1=1

therefore, a r e a o f s h a d e d r e g i o n = a r e a o f c 3 + a r e a o f c 1 a r e a o f c 2 = area ~of~ shaded~ region~=area ~of ~c_3+ ~area~of~c_1-area~of~c_2= = π × ( 3 2 + 1 2 2 2 ) = 6 π =\pi \times (3^2 + 1^2 - 2^2) = 6\pi

and t o t a l a r e a = 9 π total ~area= 9\pi

t h e r e f o r e p r o p o r t i o n o f s h a d e d r e g i o n = 6 π 9 π = 2 3 therefore~ proportion ~of ~shaded~ region = \dfrac{6\pi}{9\pi} =\dfrac{2}{3}

Oh, that's a nice way to easily find the circles area!

Chung Kevin - 6 years, 2 months ago

Nice method

Rohit Udaiwal - 6 years, 2 months ago

You read my mind sir - although I supposed WLOG that AD = 2 ...

Curtis Clement - 6 years, 2 months ago

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WLOG AD = 3 would have been a better choice.

Chung Kevin - 6 years, 2 months ago

good solution brother

Ankit Chouhan - 6 years, 2 months ago

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