2017 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 22
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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
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
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnJDNtjd57k&feature=youtu.be
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