A rhombus ABCD has sides of length 10. A circle with center A passes through C(the opposite vertex) likewise, a circle with center B passes through D . if the two circles are tangent to each other , find the area of the rhombus.
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Let the diagonals of rhombus be B D = 2 a , A C = 2 b with a ≤ b . Since the longer diagonal is greater than the side of rhombus. It means radius of larger circle is greater than distance between the centers of both circles.So two circles can only be tangent to each other internally. The condition for internal tangency of two circles is:
Difference of radius of both circles = distance between their centers.
⇒ A C − B D = 1 0
⇒ 2 b − 2 a = 1 0
⇒ b − a = 5
Also,
a 2 + b 2 = 1 0 2 = 1 0 0
⇒ ( b − a ) 2 + 2 a b = 1 0 0
⇒ 5 2 + 2 a b = 1 0 0
⇒ 2 a b = 1 0 0 − 2 5 = 7 5
Area of rhombus = Half of product of diagonals.
⇒ Area = 2 1 ( 2 a ) ( 2 b ) = 2 a b = 7 5