2012 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 10
Problem
What is the area of the polygon whose vertices are the points of intersection of the curves 
and 
Solution 1
The first curve is a circle with radius 
centered at the origin, and the second curve is an ellipse with center 
and end points of 
and 
. Finding points of intersection, we get , 
, and 
, forming a triangle with height of 
and base of 
So the area of this triangle is 
Solution 2
Given the equations and 
, we can substitute 
from the first equation and plug it in to the 2nd equation, giving us 
. After rearranging, 
or 
. The solutions are 
and 
. This gives us the points 
,and . The area of the triangle formed by these points is 
~dragnin
~minor edits by KevinChen_Yay
Solution 3
Using our algebra skills we find the points of intersection to be ,and . Using the shoelace theorem, we can easily find the area of the triangle to be .
~PeterDoesPhysics
More information on the shoelace theorem: https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Shoelace_Theorem
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