2005 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 18
Problem
Let and
be points in the plane. Define
as the region in the first quadrant consisting of those points
such that
is an acute triangle. What is the closest integer to the area of the region
?
Solution
For angle and
to be acute,
must be between the two lines that are perpendicular to
and contain points
and
. For angle
to be acute, first draw a
triangle with
as the hypotenuse. Note
cannot be inside this triangle's circumscribed circle or else
. Hence, the area of
is the area of the large triangle minus the area of the small triangle minus the area of the circle, which is
, which is approximately
. The answer is
.
See also
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