2004 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 10
- The following problem is from both the 2004 AMC 12B #10 and 2004 AMC 10B #12, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Problem
An annulus is the region between two concentric circles. The concentric circles in the figure have radii 
and 
, with 
. Let 
be a radius of the larger circle, let 
be tangent to the smaller circle at 
, and let 
be the radius of the larger circle that contains . Let 
, 
, and 
. What is the area of the annulus?
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Solution
The area of the large circle is 
, the area of the small one is 
, hence the shaded area is 
.
From the Pythagorean Theorem for the right triangle 
we have 
, hence 
and thus the shaded area is 
.
Solution 2
Set 
then the area is just 
See also
| 2004 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2004 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 | |
| 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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