2007 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 24
Problem
Circles centered at and each have radius , as shown. Point is the midpoint of , and . Segments and are tangent to the circles centered at and , respectively, and is a common tangent. What is the area of the shaded region ?
Solution
The area we are trying to find is simply . Thus, is a rectangle, and so its area is .
Since is tangent to circle , is a right triangle. We know and , so is an isosceles right triangle, and has with length . The area of . By symmetry, , and so the area of is also .
(or , for that matter) is the area of its circle since is 45 degrees and forms a right triangle. Thus and both have an area of .
Plugging all of these areas back into the original equation yields .
See also
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