2001 AIME II Problems/Problem 6
Problem
Square is inscribed in a circle. Square
has vertices
and
on
and vertices
and
on the circle. The ratio of the area of square
to the area of square
can be expressed as
where
and
are relatively prime positive integers and
. Find
.
Solution
Let be the center of the circle, and
be the side length of
,
be the side length of
. By the Pythagorean Theorem, the radius of
.
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Now consider right triangle , where
is the midpoint of
. Then, by the Pythagorean Theorem,
Thus (since lengths are positive, we discard the other root). The ratio of the areas of two similar figures is the square of the ratio of their corresponding side lengths, so
, and the answer is
.
See also
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