What's the length of the belt?

Geometry Level 4

Two wheels with centers O O' and O O and radii 1 1 and 6 6 are 13 13 units apart from their centers and a belt fits snugly around the two wheels as shown above.

Find the length L L of the belt.


The answer is 49.9390597721275189.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
May 10, 2021

Using the above diagram y = 12 tan ( θ ) = 12 5 θ = arctan ( 12 5 ) y = 12 \implies \tan(\theta) = \dfrac{12}{5} \implies \theta = \arctan(\dfrac{12}{5}) \implies

L 1 = 6 ( 2 π 2 θ ) = 12 ( π θ ) L_{1} = 6(2\pi - 2\theta) = 12(\pi - \theta) and L 2 = 2 π ( π 2 θ + π ) = 2 θ L_{2} = 2\pi - (\pi - 2\theta + \pi) = 2\theta

L = 24 + 12 π 12 θ + 2 θ = 2 ( 12 + 6 π 5 θ ) = 2 ( 12 + 6 π + 5 arctan ( 12 5 ) ) \implies L = 24 + 12\pi - 12\theta + 2\theta = 2(12 + 6\pi -5\theta) = 2(12 + 6\pi + 5\arctan(\dfrac{12}{5})) 49.9390597721275189 \approx \boxed{49.9390597721275189}

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