2005 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 15
Problem
Let be a diameter of a circle and
be a point on
with
. Let
and
be points on the circle such that
and
is a second diameter. What is the ratio of the area of
to the area of
?
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Solution
Notice that the bases of both triangles are diameters of the circle. Hence the ratio of the areas is just the ratio of the heights of the triangles, or (
is the foot of the perpendicular from
to
).
Call the radius . Then
,
. Using the Pythagorean Theorem in
, we get
.
Now we have to find . Notice $\triangle OCD \similar \triangle OFC$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg), so we can write the proportion:
![$\frac{OF}{OC} = \frac{OC}{OD}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/2/2/02291691270e57eea057ea561416318b8de9fc01.png)
![$\frac{OF}{\frac{1}{3}r} = \frac{\frac{1}{3}r}{r}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/e/1/6e1dcd67ba34e71f9f880510df1fd482941f6e37.png)
![$OF = \frac 19r$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/a/4/5a4dcf36a069d28f1265cf8c1b825c9ae46c0cbd.png)
By the Pythagorean Theorem in , we have
.
Our answer is .
See also
2005 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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