Tempting Circle

Geometry Level 2

In a circle with center O O , a chord A B AB is drawn such that A O B = 12 0 \angle AOB = 120^\circ . Radius A O = 10 AO=10 . A circle is drawn in the major arc such that it's radius is maximum, with center E, it touches the larger circle at point X as shown in figure.

The area of the shaded region can be expressed as a π + b 3 c \dfrac{a\pi +b\sqrt{3}}{c} for integers a , b , c a,b,c with gcd ( a , c ) = 1 \gcd(a,c)=1 What is the value of a + b + c a+b+c ?


The answer is 437.

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2 solutions

Akhilesh Agrawal
Aug 1, 2014

The shaded area is

Area_center O - Area_center E - Area of segment of circle \textbf{Area\_center O - Area\_center E - Area of segment of circle}

Area of segment is

Area of minor sector OAB A ( O A B ) \textbf{Area of minor sector OAB} -A(\triangle OAB)

See that O D O A = 1 2 \dfrac{OD}{OA}= \dfrac{1}{2}

Thus radius of circle with center E E is 10 × 3 4 = 15 2 10\times \dfrac{3}{4} = \dfrac{15}{2}

Also,

area of sector OAB is 1 3 × \dfrac{1}{3} \times area of whole circle = 100 π 3 \dfrac{100 \pi}{3}

And area of O A B = O D × A B 2 = 5 × 10 3 2 = 25 3 \triangle OAB = \dfrac{OD \times AB}{2} = \dfrac{5\times 10\sqrt{3}}{2} = 25\sqrt{3}

Hence asked area is

100 π ( 15 2 ) 2 100 π 3 + 25 3 = 125 π + 300 3 12 100 \pi - \bigl( \dfrac{15}{2} \bigr) ^2- \dfrac{100\pi}{3} + 25\sqrt{3} = \dfrac{125 \pi+ 300 \sqrt{3}}{12}

Giving answer 125 + 300 + 12 = 437 125+300+12 = \boxed{437}

I got the answer 437. You should re-check the manipulation of your last expression. Even Wolfram Alpha agrees with me - the right answer is supposed to be 437, since

100 π ( 15 2 ) 2 π 100 π 3 + 25 3 \displaystyle 100\pi - \left(\frac{15}{2}\right)^2\pi-\frac{100\pi}{3}+25\sqrt{3} = 125 π + 300 3 12 \displaystyle=\frac{125\pi + 300\sqrt{3}}{12}

mathh mathh - 6 years, 10 months ago

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Exactly,but i've done a silly mistake,25√3/2 instead of 25√3 so, I came with 287😑

Prithwish Guha - 2 years ago

THANKS @mathh mathh

akhilesh agrawal - 6 years, 10 months ago

Yes, I just forgot to subtract 400 from 525.

akhilesh agrawal - 6 years, 10 months ago

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I have updated the answer to 437. Can you update your solution too? You can edit it by clicking on the pencil in the top right corner.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 10 months ago

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Thanks. Calvin Sir.

akhilesh agrawal - 6 years, 10 months ago

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@Akhilesh Agrawal how did u get radius of circle with centre E as 15/2,please explain ?

shrish shukla - 6 years, 9 months ago

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@Shrish Shukla You can look at it this way. We know that O D = 5 OD=5 , and X O = 10 XO=10 , since it is a radius of circle O. O D + X O OD+XO is the diameter of circle E, so the radius is 10 + 5 2 = 15 2 \dfrac{10+5}{2}=\dfrac{15}{2} .

Bill Nie - 6 years, 9 months ago

I did the same :)

Carlos David Nexans - 6 years, 10 months ago

The problem of mental maths--did not calculate 25 as300/12,and got answer 275 less. My luck.......

Ayush Pattnayak - 5 years, 2 months ago

Hey Akhilesh. I managed to get these pieces of information : (i) Area of Circle on centre O = 100π , (ii) Area of Sector OAB = 100π/3 , (iii) Area Triangle OAB = 25√3 and (iv) |OD| = 5 (using Cos 60 = |OD|/10) . I fail however to see how to deduce that the radius of circle on centre E is 15/2 !!!!!!!!! ???????? Help !

John Conway - 4 years, 11 months ago

Aaargh i forgot to change the minus signaal to a plus...

Peter van der Linden - 4 years, 8 months ago

The letter "PI" is consistently missing from the term (15/2)^2, but ends up in the answer somehow. Ed Gray

Edwin Gray - 3 years, 5 months ago

Consider the diagram above. The area of the shaded part is area of the large sector plus area of the triangle minus area of the small circle. The large sector has a central angle of 24 0 240^\circ . So the area is

A S E C T O R = 240 360 π ( 1 0 2 ) = 200 3 π A_{SECTOR}=\dfrac{240}{360}\pi (10^2)=\dfrac{200}{3}\pi .

The area of the triangle is

A T R I A N G L E = 1 2 ( 1 0 2 ) ( sin 120 ) = 50 ( 3 2 ) = 25 3 A_{TRIANGLE}=\dfrac{1}{2}(10^2)(\sin 120)=50\left(\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)=25\sqrt{3}

Now we need to find h h (see my figure) to know the diameter of the small circle. We have

cos 60 = h 10 \cos 60=\dfrac{h}{10}

1 2 = h 10 \dfrac{1}{2}=\dfrac{h}{10}

h = 5 h=5

The diameter of the small circle therefore is

d = 10 + 5 = 15 d=10+5=15

So the radius is

r = 15 2 r=\dfrac{15}{2}

So the area is

A C I R C L E = π ( 15 2 ) 2 = 225 4 π A_{CIRCLE}=\pi \left(\dfrac{15}{2}\right)^2=\dfrac{225}{4}\pi

Thus, the area of the shaded part is

A S H A D E D = 200 3 π + 25 3 225 4 π = 125 12 + 25 3 = 125 π + 300 3 12 A_{SHADED}=\dfrac{200}{3}\pi+25\sqrt{3}-\dfrac{225}{4}\pi=\dfrac{125}{12}+25\sqrt{3}=\dfrac{125\pi+300\sqrt{3}}{12}

Hence, the desired answer is

a n s w e r = 125 + 300 + 12 = answer=125+300+12= 437 \boxed{437}

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