In the diagram, is the
centre of a circle with radius ,
and and lie on the circle. is positioned inside the circle so that
passes through and is perpendicular to .
If , what is the area of
?
In the diagram, is the
centre of a circle with radius ,
and and lie on the circle. is positioned inside the circle so that
passes through and is perpendicular to .
If , what is the area of
?
Pick one
Since is a square and
its side lengths are integers, then its area is equal to a perfect
square.
Since the product of the areas of and (the rectangle) is equal to 98, then
the area of is a divisor of
98.
The positive divisors of 98 are 1, 2, 7, 14, 49, and 98.
There are exactly two divisors of 98 that are perfect squares, namely 1
and 49.
Since the area of is greater
than the area of , then the
area of is 49, and so the area
of is 2 (since ).
Square has area 49, and so
.
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The perimeter of is
equal to
Since the side lengths are integers and the area of is 2, then either (and ), or (and ).
If , then the perimeter of
is .
Since 30 is not given as a possible answer, then and the perimeter is .