Y by mathematicsy, Adventure10
Consider a triangle
such that
and
. Three circles with centers
and
are pairwise tangent in points on the three sides of the triangle.
Determine the area of the region enclosed by the three circles (the grey area in the figure).
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unitsize(0.2 cm);
pair A, B, C;
real[] r;
A = (6,0);
B = (6,6*sqrt(3));
C = (0,0);
r[1] = 3*sqrt(3) - 3;
r[2] = 3*sqrt(3) + 3;
r[3] = 9 - 3*sqrt(3);
fill(arc(A,r[1],180,90)--arc(B,r[2],270,240)--arc(C,r[3],60,0)--cycle, gray(0.7));
draw(A--B--C--cycle);
draw(Circle(A,r[1]));
draw(Circle(B,r[2]));
draw(Circle(C,r[3]));
dot("$A$", A, SE);
dot("$B$", B, NE);
dot("$C$", C, SW);
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Determine the area of the region enclosed by the three circles (the grey area in the figure).
![[asy]
unitsize(0.2 cm);
pair A, B, C;
real[] r;
A = (6,0);
B = (6,6*sqrt(3));
C = (0,0);
r[1] = 3*sqrt(3) - 3;
r[2] = 3*sqrt(3) + 3;
r[3] = 9 - 3*sqrt(3);
fill(arc(A,r[1],180,90)--arc(B,r[2],270,240)--arc(C,r[3],60,0)--cycle, gray(0.7));
draw(A--B--C--cycle);
draw(Circle(A,r[1]));
draw(Circle(B,r[2]));
draw(Circle(C,r[3]));
dot("$A$", A, SE);
dot("$B$", B, NE);
dot("$C$", C, SW);
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This post has been edited 4 times. Last edited by nsato, Feb 14, 2023, 6:15 PM