A deltoid is inscribed into a circle with radius . 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 and . 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 and . By Pythagoras' theorem the length of the longer diagonal is equal to , which implies that . The area of the deltoid is equal to and the area of the circle is . The ratio is .

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