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We can observe that this quadrilateral is actually made of two right triangles: <math>\triangle CDA</math> has a <math>3 \text{-} 4 \text{-} 5</math> ratio in the side lengths, and <math>\triangle ABC</math> is a <math>7 \text{-} 24 \text{-} 25</math> triangle. | We can observe that this quadrilateral is actually made of two right triangles: <math>\triangle CDA</math> has a <math>3 \text{-} 4 \text{-} 5</math> ratio in the side lengths, and <math>\triangle ABC</math> is a <math>7 \text{-} 24 \text{-} 25</math> triangle. |
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Problem
Quadrilateral with side lengths
is inscribed in a circle. The area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form
where
and
are positive integers such that
and
have no common prime factor. What is
Diagram
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Solution 1 (Inscribed Angle Theorem)
Opposite angles of every cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary, so
We claim that
We can prove it by contradiction:
- If
then
and
are both acute angles. This arrives at a contradiction.
- If
then
and
are both obtuse angles. This arrives at a contradiction.
By the Inscribed Angle Theorem, we conclude that is the diameter of the circle. So, the radius of the circle is
The area of the requested region is
Therefore, the answer is
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Solution 2 (Brahmagupta‘s Formula)
When we look at the side lengths of the quadrilateral we see and
which screams out
because of Pythagorean triplets. As a result, we can draw a line through points
and
to make a diameter of
See Solution 1 for a rigorous proof.
Since the diameter is we can see the area of the circle is just
from the formula of the area of the circle with just a diameter.
Then we can use Brahmagupta Formula where
are side lengths, and
is semi-perimeter to find the area of the quadrilateral.
If we just plug the values in, we get So now the area of the region we are trying to find is
Therefore, the answer is
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Solution 3 (Circumradii)
We can observe that this quadrilateral is actually made of two right triangles: has a
ratio in the side lengths, and
is a
triangle.
Next, we can choose one of these triangles and use the circumradius formula to find the radius. Let's choose the triangle. The area of the triangle is equal to the product of the side lengths divided by
times the circumradius. Therefore,
. Solving this simple algebraic equation gives us
.
Plugging in the values, we have . Rewriting this gives us
.
Therefore, adding these values gets us
Solution 4
Like in Solution 3, splits the quadrilateral into two right triangles:
and
, which are
and
triangles, respectively. So, the area of the quadrilateral is the sum of the areas of the two triangles.
. The diameter is
, so the radius is
. Hence, the shaded area is
.
~MrThinker
Video Solution
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See Also
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