1997 AJHSME Problems/Problem 24
Problem
Diameter is divided at in the ratio . The two semicircles, and , divide the circular region into an upper (shaded) region and a lower region. The ratio of the area of the upper region to that of the lower region is
Solution
Draw to divide the big circle in half. Assign and so that the radii work out to be integers. ( and can be used instead, but the will cancel in the ratio.)
The shaded region is equal to the area of semicircle on top, plus the area of the semicircle on the bottom, minus the area of semicircle on top.
The radii of those three semicircles are and , respectively.Thus, the area of the shaded region is
The total area of the circle is .Thus, the unshaded area is .Therefore the ratio of shaded:unshaded is .
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