2018 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 8
Problem
Line Segment is a diameter of a circle with
. Point
, not equal to
or
, lies on the circle. As point
moves around the circle, the centroid (center of mass) of (insert triangle symbol)
traces out a closed curve missing two points. To the nearest positive integer, what is the area of the region bounded by this curve?
Solution
Draw the Median connecting C to the center O of the circle. Note that the centroid is 1/3 of the distance from O to C. Thus, as C traces a circle of radius 12, the Centroid will trace a circle of radius 12/3=4.
The area of this circle is pi*4^2=16pi ~ 50.
See Also
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