2005 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 7
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Problem
A circle is inscribed in a square, then a square is inscribed in this circle, and finally, a circle is inscribed in this square. What is the ratio of the area of the smaller circle to the area of the larger square?
Solution 1
Let the side of the largest square be . It follows that the diameter of the inscribed circle is also
. Therefore, the diagonal of the square inscribed inscribed in the circle is
. The side length of the smaller square is
. Similarly, the diameter of the smaller inscribed circle is
. Hence, its radius is
. The area of this circle is
, and the area of the largest square is
. The ratio of the areas is
.
Solution 2
Let the radius of the smaller circle be . Then the side length of the smaller square is
. The radius of the larger circle is half the length of the diagonal of the smaller square, so it is
. Hence the larger square has sides of length
. The ratio of the area of the smaller circle to the area of the larger square is therefore
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