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+ | Once you see that the equilateral triangle side is <math>\sqrt{3} \times</math> the circle's radius, and that the circle's 30°-30°-120° triangle is two halves of an equilateral triangle, so that smaller circle-sector triangle is <math>1/3</math> the area of the big equilateral triangle, you can see that the algebraic ("non-<math>\pi</math>)" part of the answer must be <math>(A - (-A/3)) /A = 4/3</math>. | ||
+ | The transcendental ("<math>\pi</math>") part of the answer is <math>-k \pi /A</math>, where <math>k3 and </math>pi$ are algebraic, and so \textbf{(E)} is the only compatible answer choice. | ||
==Solution 2== | ==Solution 2== |
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Contents
Problem
Sides and
of equilateral triangle
are tangent to a circle at points
and
respectively. What fraction of the area of
lies outside the circle?
Solution 1
Let the radius of the circle be
, and let its center be
. Since
and
are tangent to circle
, then
, so
. Therefore, since
and
are equal to
, then (pick your favorite method)
. The area of the equilateral triangle is
, and the area of the sector we are subtracting from it is
. The area outside of the circle is
. Therefore, the answer is
Note
The sector angle is because
and
are both 90 degrees meaning
, so
is cyclic. Thus, the angle is
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Multiple Choice Shortcut
Once you see that the equilateral triangle side is the circle's radius, and that the circle's 30°-30°-120° triangle is two halves of an equilateral triangle, so that smaller circle-sector triangle is
the area of the big equilateral triangle, you can see that the algebraic ("non-
)" part of the answer must be
.
The transcendental ("
") part of the answer is
, where
pi$ are algebraic, and so \textbf{(E)} is the only compatible answer choice.
Solution 2
(same diagram as Solution 1)
Without the Loss of Generality, let the side length of the triangle be .
Then, the area of the triangle is . We are looking for the area of the portion inside the triangle but outside the circle divided by the area of the triangle. Since
, and
, we know
, and
. Drop an angle bisector of
onto
, call the point of intersection
. By SAS congruence,
, by CPCTC (Congruent Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent)
and they both measure
. By 30-60-90 triangle,
. The area of the sector bounded by arc BC is one-third the area of circle O, whose area is
. Therefore, the area of the sector bounded by arc BC is
.
We are nearly there. By 30-60-90 triangle, we know , so the area of
is
. The area of the region inside both the triangle and circle is the area of the sector bounded by arc BC minus the area of
:
. The area of the region outside of the circle but inside the triangle is
and the ratio is
.
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Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnJDNtjd57k&feature=youtu.be
https://youtu.be/ADDAOhNAsjQ -Video Solution by Richard Rusczyk
See Also
2017 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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