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Geometry Difficulty 4.8 AIME Find the answer Canada

In the diagram, ABCABC is a
quarter-circle centred at BB. Each
of square PQRSPQRS, square SRTBSRTB and square RUVTRUVT has side length 10. Points PP and SS are on ABAB, points TT and VV are on BCBC, and points QQ and UU are on the quarter-circle. Line segment
ACAC is drawn. Three triangular
regions are shaded, as shown.

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What is the integer closest to the total area of the shaded
regions?

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Since ABAB and BCBC are both radii of the circle, then
AB=BCAB = BC.

Since ABCABC is a quarter-circle
centred at BB, then ∠ABC=90°\angle ABC = 90\degree.

Thus, △ABC\triangle ABC is isosceles
and right-angled, which means that ∠BAC=∠BCA=45°\angle BAC = \angle BCA = 45\degree.

We add some additional labels to the diagram:

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We note that the angles between the straight lines at PP, QQ, RR, and UU are all right angles.

Since ∠PAD=∠BAC=45°\angle PAD = \angle BAC = 45\degree, this means that ∠PAD=∠ADP=∠QDE=∠DEQ=∠REF=∠EFR=∠UFG=∠UGF=45°\angle PAD = \angle ADP = \angle QDE = \angle DEQ = \angle REF = \angle EFR = \angle UFG = \angle UGF = 45\degree This in turn means that
each of △APD\triangle APD, △DQE\triangle DQE, △ERF\triangle ERF, and △FUG\triangle FUG is right-angled and
isosceles.

Since the side length of each square is 10, then BT=10BT = 10 and TQ=TR+RQ=20TQ = TR + RQ = 20.

Since ∠BTQ=90°\angle BTQ = 90\degree, then
by the Pythagorean Theorem, BQ=BT2+TQ2=102+202=500BQ = \sqrt{BT^2 + TQ^2} = \sqrt{10^2 + 20^2} = \sqrt{500} We note that 500=100×5=100×5=105\sqrt{500} = \sqrt{100 \times 5} = \sqrt{100} \times \sqrt{5} = 10\sqrt{5}.

Since BQBQ is a radius of the circle,
then BQ=BA=BC=105BQ = BA = BC = 10\sqrt{5}.

Since BP=TQ=20BP = TQ = 20, then AP=BA−BP=105−20AP = BA - BP = 10\sqrt{5} - 20.

Thus, PD=AP=105−20PD = AP = 10\sqrt{5} - 20.

Since PQ=10PQ = 10, then DQ=PQ−PD=10−(105−20)=30−105DQ = PQ - PD = 10 - (10\sqrt{5} - 20) = 30 - 10\sqrt{5}.

Thus, QE=DQ=30−105QE = DQ = 30 - 10\sqrt{5}.

Since PQ=QRPQ = QR and DQ=QEDQ = QE, then PD=ER=105−20PD = ER = 10\sqrt{5} - 20.

Using similar reasoning, ER=RF=105−20ER = RF = 10\sqrt{5} - 20 and UF=UG=30−105UF = UG = 30-10\sqrt{5}.

The total area, A\mathcal{A}, of the
shaded regions equals the sum of the areas of △DQE\triangle DQE, △ERF\triangle ERF and △FUG\triangle FUG.

Therefore, Aamp;=12×DQ×QE+12×ER×RF+12UF×UGamp;=12(30−105)2+12(105−20)2+12(30−105)2amp;=(30−105)2+12(105−20)2amp;=(302−2×30×105+(105)2)+12((105)2−2×105×20+202)amp;=(900−6005+500)+12(500−4005+400)amp;=1400−6005+450−2005amp;=1850−8005amp;≈61.14\begin{align*} \mathcal{A} & = \tfrac{1}{2} \times DQ \times QE + \tfrac{1}{2} \times ER \times RF + \tfrac{1}{2} UF \times UG \\ & = \tfrac{1}{2}(30-10\sqrt{5})^2 + \tfrac{1}{2} (10\sqrt{5}-20)^2 + \tfrac{1}{2}(30-10\sqrt{5})^2 \\ & = (30-10\sqrt{5})^2 + \tfrac{1}{2} (10\sqrt{5}-20)^2 \\ & = (30^2 - 2 \times 30 \times 10\sqrt{5} + (10\sqrt{5})^2) + \tfrac{1}{2}((10\sqrt{5})^2 - 2 \times 10\sqrt{5} \times 20 + 20^2) \\ & = (900 - 600\sqrt{5} + 500) + \tfrac{1}{2}(500 - 400\sqrt{5} + 400) \\ & = 1400 - 600\sqrt{5} + 450 - 200\sqrt{5} \\ & = 1850 - 800\sqrt{5} \\ & \approx 61.14\end{align*} and so the integer closest to
A\mathcal{A} is 61.

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