2004 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 10
- The following problem is from both the 2004 AMC 12B #10 and 2004 AMC 10B #12, so both problems redirect to this page.
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[hide]Problem
An annulus is the region between two concentric circles. The concentric circles in the figure have radii and , with . Let be a radius of the larger circle, let be tangent to the smaller circle at , and let be the radius of the larger circle that contains . Let , , and . What is the area of the annulus?
Solution
The area of the large circle is , the area of the small one is , hence the shaded area is .
From the Pythagorean Theorem for the right triangle we have , hence and thus the shaded area is .
Solution 2
Set then the shaded area is just the area of a circle with radius which is .
See also
2004 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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