2021 Fall AMC 10A Problems/Problem 19

Problem

A disk of radius $1$ rolls all the way around the inside of a square of side length $s>4$ and sweeps out a region of area $A$ . A second disk of radius $1$ rolls all the way around the outside of the same square and sweeps out a region of area $2A$ . The value of $s$ can be written as $a+\frac{b\pi}{c}$ , where $a,b$ , and $c$ are positive integers and $b$ and $c$ are relatively prime. What is $a+b+c$ ?

$\textbf{(A)} ~10\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~11\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~12\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~13\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~14$

Diagram

/* Made by MRENTHUSIASM */
size(200);

real s = 5 + pi/4;
path p1, p2;
p1 = Arc((1,1),(0,1),(1,0))--(s-1,0)--Arc((s-1,1),(s-1,0),(s,1))--(s,s-1)--Arc((s-1,s-1),(s,s-1),(s-1,s))--(1,s)--Arc((1,s-1),(1,s),(0,s-1))--cycle;
p2 = Arc((0,0),(-2,0),(0,-2))--(s,-2)--Arc((s,0),(s,-2),(s+2,0))--(s+2,s)--Arc((s,s),(s+2,s),(s,s+2))--(0,s+2)--Arc((0,s),(0,s+2),(-2,s))--cycle;
fill(p2,pink);
fill((0,0)--(s,0)--(s,s)--(0,s)--cycle,white);
fill(p1,purple);
fill((2,2)--(s-2,2)--(s-2,s-2)--(2,s-2)--cycle,white);
draw(Circle((2.5,s-1),1)^^Circle((-1,2.5),1),dashed, white);
draw((0,0)--(s,0)--(s,s)--(0,s)--cycle,linewidth(1.5));
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Solution

The side length of the inner square traced out by the disk with radius $1$ is $s-4.$ However, there is a piece at each corner (bounded by two line segments and one $90^\circ$ arc) where the disk never sweeps out. The combined area of these four pieces is $(1+1)^2-\pi\cdot1^2=4-\pi.$ As a result, we have $A=s^2-(s-4)^2-(4-\pi)=8s-20+\pi.$ Now, we consider the second disk. The part it sweeps is comprised of four quarter circles with radius $2$ and four rectangles with side lengths of $2$ and $s.$ When we add it all together, we have $2A=8s+4\pi,$ or $A=4s+2\pi.$ We equate the expressions for $A,$ and then solve for $s:$ $8s-20+\pi=4s+2\pi.$ We get $s=5+\frac{\pi}{4},$ so the answer is $5+1+4=\boxed{\textbf{(A)} ~10}.$

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Video Solution (Under 4 min!)

https://youtu.be/AvgCmcEl5RE (This solution is pretty straightforward. Just basic geometry.)

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Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath

https://youtu.be/w4w99JBGnYM

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Animated Video Solutions

https://youtu.be/G57mijA4424 (vertical YouTube #Shorts for phone)

https://youtu.be/d5-AluTfxuU (landscape version for desktop)

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