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Contents
Problem
Let be a diameter of a circle and let
be a point on
with
. Let
and
be points on the circle such that
and
is a second diameter. What is the ratio of the area of
to the area of
?
Solution 1
Let us assume that the diameter is of length .
is
of diameter and
is
.
is the radius of the circle, so using the Pythagorean theorem height
of
is
. This is also the height of the
.
Area of the is
=
.
The height of can be found using the area of
and
as base.
Hence the height of is
=
.
The diameter is the base for both the triangles and
.
Hence, the ratio of the area of to the area of
is
=
Solution 2
Since and
share a base, the ratio of their areas is the ratio of their altitudes. Draw the altitude from
to
.
.
Since , then
. So the ratio of the two altitudes is
See also
2005 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 22 |
Followed by Problem 24 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |