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Geometry Difficulty 4.7 AIME Prove it Slovenia

A deltoid is inscribed into a circle with radius rr. One of the sides of the deltoid is twice as long as the other. Find the ratio of the area of the deltoid to the area of the circle.

Solution

Denote the lengths of the sides of the inscribed deltoid by aa and 2a2a. Due to symmetry, the longer of the two diagonals passes through the centre of the circle. By Thales' theorem there is a right angle between the sides of length aa and 2a2a. By Pythagoras' theorem the length of the longer diagonal is equal to a2+(2a)2=5a2=a5\sqrt{a^2 + (2a)^2} = \sqrt{5a^2} = a\sqrt{5}, which implies that r=a52r = \frac{a\sqrt{5}}{2}. The area of the deltoid is equal to 2a2a2=2a22 \cdot \frac{a \cdot 2a}{2} = 2a^2 and the area of the circle is πr2=5πa24\pi r^2 = \frac{5\pi a^2}{4}. The ratio is 85π\frac{8}{5\pi}.

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