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For this square with side length 1, the distance from center to vertex is <math>r = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}</math>, hence the area is composed of a semicircle of radius <math>r</math>, plus <math>4</math> times a parallelogram with height <math>\frac{1}{2}</math> and base <math>\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2(1+\sqrt{2})}</math>. That is to say, the total area is <math>\frac{1}{2} \pi (1/\sqrt{2})^2 + 4 \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4(1+\sqrt{2})} = \boxed{\textbf{(C) } \frac{\pi}{4} + 2 - \sqrt{2}}</math>. | For this square with side length 1, the distance from center to vertex is <math>r = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}</math>, hence the area is composed of a semicircle of radius <math>r</math>, plus <math>4</math> times a parallelogram with height <math>\frac{1}{2}</math> and base <math>\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2(1+\sqrt{2})}</math>. That is to say, the total area is <math>\frac{1}{2} \pi (1/\sqrt{2})^2 + 4 \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4(1+\sqrt{2})} = \boxed{\textbf{(C) } \frac{\pi}{4} + 2 - \sqrt{2}}</math>. | ||
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Problem
A unit square is rotated about its center. What is the area of the region swept out by the interior of the square?
Solution 1
First, we need to see what this looks like. Below is a diagram.
For this square with side length 1, the distance from center to vertex is , hence the area is composed of a semicircle of radius
, plus
times a parallelogram with height
and base
. That is to say, the total area is
.
See Also
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