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- The following problem is from both the 2002 AMC 12A #7 and 2002 AMC 10A #7, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
A arc of circle A is equal in length to a arc of circle B. What is the ratio of circle A's area and circle B's area?
Solution
Let and be the radii of circles A and B, respectively.
It is well known that in a circle with radius r, a subtended arc opposite an angle of degrees has length $\frac{\theta}{360}\cdot{2\pi{r}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).
Using that here, the arc of circle A has length . The arc of circle B has length $\frac{30}{360}\cdot{2\pi{r_2}=\frac{r_2\pi}{6}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg). We know that they are equal, so , so we multiply through and simplify to get . As all circles are similar to one another, the ratio of the areas is just the square of the ratios of the radii, so our answer is .
See Also
2002 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
2002 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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