Partially Shaded Semicircle

Geometry Level 3

The figure shows a semicircle, where points A A , B B , C C , and D D are on the diameter such that A C = C D = D B AC = CD = DB . Find the percentage of the area of the semicircle which is shaded.


The answer is 41.6.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 24, 2020

Let the radius of the semicircle be 1 1 . Then A C = C D = D B = 2 3 AC=CD=DB=\dfrac 23 and the area of the semicircle is A semicircle = π 2 A_{\text{semicircle}} = \dfrac \pi 2 . And the area of the shaded region is:

A shaded = A pink sector + 2 A red = 2 sin 1 1 3 2 π × π + 2 × 1 2 × 1 3 × 1 ( 1 3 ) 2 = sin 1 1 3 + 8 9 \begin{aligned} A_{\text{shaded}} & = A_{\text{pink sector}} + 2A_{\text{red }\triangle} \\ & = \frac {2 \sin^{-1} \frac 13}{2\pi} \times \pi + 2 \times \frac 12 \times \frac 13 \times \sqrt{1-\left(\frac 13\right)^2} \\ & = \sin^{-1} \frac 13 + \frac {\sqrt 8}9 \end{aligned}

Therefore A shaded A semicircle = sin 1 1 3 + 8 9 π 2 41.6 % \dfrac {A_{\text{shaded}}}{A_{\text{semicircle}}} = \dfrac {\sin^{-1} \frac 13 + \frac {\sqrt 8}9}{\frac \pi 2} \approx \boxed{41.6} \% .

41.6 % Is the most correct answer In fact I have done many approximations In calculating the area

Aziz Alasha - 1 year, 2 months ago

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You can use Microsoft Excel spreadsheet if you have one. And the result is =(ASIN(1/3)+SQRT(8)/9)/(PI()/2) = 0.416417188, I just used 3 significant figures as required in Brilliant.org. I note that you put in 41.4 as answer. I am luckly my answer is close enough.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 1 year, 2 months ago

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I am a moderator, I have changed the answer to 41.6

Chew-Seong Cheong - 1 year, 2 months ago

Thank you very much for your valuabke support

Aziz Alasha - 1 year, 2 months ago

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