Three Concentric Circles

Geometry Level 4

Three concentric circles A , B , C A,B,C have the property that the radius of A A is bigger than the radius of B B , and the radius of B B is bigger than the radius of C C . A chord of circle B B of length 2 2 is drawn such that it is tangent to circle C C ; a chord of circle A A of length x x is drawn such that it is tangent to circle B B . If the area between circle A A and B B is 2014 2014 times the area between circle B B and circle C C , then the value of x x can be expressed as a \sqrt{a} for some positive integer a a . Find the last three digits of a a .


The answer is 56.

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Jubayer Nirjhor
Dec 20, 2013

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See the above image. A A , B B and C C are three concentric circles with center O O and radii a , b , c a,b,c respectively such that a > b > c a>b>c .As given in the question, chord P Q = 2 \text{chord}~PQ=2 of circle B \text{circle}~B is tangential to circle C \text{circle}~C at point G G .And chord M N = x \text{chord}~MN=x of circle A \text{circle}~A is tangential to circle B \text{circle}~B at point D \text{point}~D .

As we know,tangents form right angles with respect to the radius passing through the tangent point.Since P Q PQ is tangential to circle C \text{circle}~C at point G \text{point}~G and O G OG is the radius passing through the tangent point,we get O G Q = 9 0 \angle OGQ = 90^{\circ} .And it's also known that in a circle,the perpendicular from the center to any chord bisects the chord.Since O O is also the center of circle B \text{circle}~B and O G chord P Q OG\perp \text{chord}~PQ ,we get G Q = P Q 2 = 2 2 = 1 GQ=\dfrac{PQ}{2}=\dfrac{2}{2} = 1 .So we get Δ O G Q \Delta OGQ is a right triangle.In the same way,we get M D = 1 2 M N = x 2 MD=\dfrac{1}{2} MN = \dfrac{x}{2} and Δ O D M \Delta ODM is a right triangle.

From the Pythagorean theorem,we get the followings...

O Q 2 = O G 2 + G Q 2 b 2 = c 2 + 1 ( ) OQ^2=OG^2+GQ^2~~~~~ \Longrightarrow ~~b^2=c^2+1 ~~~~~ \dots \dots\dots (*)

O M 2 = O D 2 + M D 2 a 2 = b 2 + ( x 2 ) = c 2 + 1 + x 2 4 ( ) OM^2=OD^2+MD^2~~~~~\Longrightarrow ~~a^2=b^2+ \left(\dfrac{x}{2}\right) = c^2+1+\dfrac{x^2}{4} ~~~~~ \dots\dots\dots (**)

OK,now we'll need another piece of information given in the question.The area between circle A \text{circle}~A and circle B \text{circle}~B is 2014 2014 times the area between circle B \text{circle}~B and circle C \text{circle}~C .So we get...

( Area of circle A ) ( Area of circle B ) = 2014 ( ( Area of circle B ) ( Area of circle C ) ) (\text{Area of circle}~A)-(\text{Area of circle}~B) = 2014\cdot \left((\text{Area of circle}~B) - (\text{Area of circle}~C)\right)

π a 2 π b 2 = 2014 ( π b 2 π c 2 ) π ( a 2 b 2 ) = 2014 π ( b 2 c 2 ) \Longrightarrow ~~~ \pi a^2 - \pi b^2 = 2014\left(\pi b^2 - \pi c^2 \right)~~~~~ \Longrightarrow ~~~ \pi (a^2-b^2) = 2014 \cdot \pi (b^2-c^2)

a 2 b 2 = 2014 ( b 2 c 2 ) \Longrightarrow ~~~ a^2-b^2 = 2014(b^2-c^2)

Plugging in the values from ( ) (*) and ( ) (**) ,we have...

c 2 + 1 + x 2 4 c 2 1 = 2014 ( c 2 + 1 c 2 ) c^2+1+\dfrac{x^2}{4} -c^2-1=2014(c^2+1-c^2)

x 2 4 = 2014 \Longrightarrow ~~~ \dfrac{x^2}{4}=2014

x = 2014 × 4 = 8056 = a \therefore ~~~ x=\sqrt{2014\times 4}=\sqrt{8056}=\sqrt{a}

Therefore: a = 8 056 a=8\fbox{056}

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Sagnik Dutta - 7 years, 5 months ago

i got careless...

Julian Poon - 7 years, 4 months ago

In line no.12 (which starts from OM^2) how b^2 become c^2 + 1

Anany Prakhar - 7 years, 2 months ago

@Daniel Liu, do you create all these questions by yourself? You are amazing! I saw your best set of problems and I was stunned to see how you used the complex plane to solve your questions. You are my age and yet, you have already mastered college level math! How??

Arjun Bharat - 7 years, 1 month ago

The area between two circles α \alpha and β \beta , in function of a chord of α \; \alpha tangent to β \beta is \begin{align} \dfrac{\pi \cdot c^2}{4} \end{align} where c \; c \; is the length of the chord.

From the problem, we extract that π x 2 4 = 2014 π 2 2 4 \frac{\pi \cdot x^2}{4} = 2014 \cdot \frac{\pi \cdot 2^2}{4} , which yields x 2 = 8056 x^2 = 8056 . The last three digits of it are 056 056 , or simply 56. \boxed{56.}

Rifath Rahman
Sep 23, 2014

Let the radius of Circle A,Circle B and Circle C be a,b,c respectively.The difference between area of Circle B and Circle C is pi(b^2-c^2),Now note that the radius of B and C are hypotenuse and a side of a right triangle which includes the half of chord of B,So c^2+1^2=b^2 or b^2-c^2=1,so the difference between the areas of circle B and C is pi(b^2-c^2)=pi * 1=pi.The same way in Circle A and B,the area difference is pi(a^2-b^2).Now it also forms a right triangle which includes the half of chord x,so (x/2)^2+b^2=a^2 .So area difference between Circle A and Circle B is pi(a^2-b^2)=pi(x/2)^2,so according to the question pi(x/2)^2=2014pi or (x/2)^2=2014 or x^2/4=2014 or x^2=2014*4 or x^2=8056 or x=sqrt 8056,now last three digits is 056(ANSWER)

Shriram Lokhande
Jul 13, 2014

This problem can easily be solved by holditch's theorem which is Let a chord of constant length be slid around a smooth, closed, convex curve C C , and choose a point on the chord which divides it into segments of lengths p & q. This point will trace out a new closed curve C C' , as illustrated above. Provided certain conditions are met, the area between C C and C C' is given by π \pi pq

let the point of tangency of circle C C with chord in circle B B be M M . and point of tangency of circle B B with chord in circle A A be N .

It is clear that M M & N N bisect the chords . the area between circle C C and circle B B by the holditch's theorem is π \pi as M divides it into two each of 1 length .

the area between A A and B B from given is 2014 π 2014\pi and by holditch's theorem it is x 2 x 2 π = x 2 π 4 \frac{x}{2}\cdot\frac{x}{2}\cdot\pi=\frac{x^2\pi}{4} equating both areas we get x 2 π 4 = 2014 π \frac{x^2\pi}{4}=2014\pi x 2 = 4 × 2014 \Rightarrow x^2=4\times2014 x = 8056 x=\sqrt{8056} hence , we get our answer as 056 \boxed{056}

Hi shriram! Can you please tell me as to how you know so many awesome theorems and also @Shriram Lokhande - How to improve in geometry?? Which grade are you in?

Jayakumar Krishnan - 6 years, 11 months ago

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I am in tenth grade i just go to wikipedia and try to learn any abstract theorem on it . like take example of this category circles or theorems in geometry . go through the theorem , where it can be applied , write it down , try solving/creating a problem on it . and mine one revise everything the third day what you learnt today it will definitely be in your mind forever . And the mighty one Think on everything

Shriram Lokhande - 6 years, 11 months ago

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