Try this beautiful problem from Geometry: Ratio of the area of the star figure to the area of the original circle
A circle of radius 2 is cut into four congruent arcs. The four arcs are joined to form the star figure shown. What is the ratio of the area of the star figure to the area of the original circle?
Geometry
Circle
Arc
Answer:$\frac{4-\pi}{\pi}$
AMC-8 (2012) Problem 24
Pre College Mathematics
Clearly the square forms 4-quarter circles around the star figure which is equivalent to one large circle with radius 2.
Can you now finish the problem ..........
find the area of the star figure
can you finish the problem........
Draw a square around the star figure. Then the length of one side of the square be 4(as the diameter of the circle is 4)
Clearly the square forms 4-quarter circles around the star figure which is equivalent to one large circle with radius 2.
The area of the above circle is \(\pi (2)^2 =4\pi\)
and the area of the outer square is \((4)^2=16\)
Thus, the area of the star figure is \(16-4\pi\)
Therefore \(\frac{(the \quad area \quad of \quad the \quad star \quad figure)}{(the \quad area \quad of \quad the \quad original \quad circle )}=\frac{16-4\pi}{4\pi}\)
= \(\frac{4-\pi}{\pi}\)
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