2013 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 20
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Problem
A rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle with the longer side on the diameter. What is the area of the semicircle?
Solution
A semicircle has symmetry, so the center is exactly at the midpoint of the 2 side on the rectangle, making the radius, by the Pythagorean Theorem, . The area is
.
Solution 2
Double the figure to get a square with side length . The circle inscribed around the square has a diameter equal to the diagonal of this square. The diagonal of this square is
. The circle’s radius ,therefore, is
The area of the circle is = 2
Finally, the area of the semicircle is , so the answer is
.
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