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A disk of radius 11 rolls all the way around the inside of a square of side length s>4s > 4 and sweeps out a region of area AA. A second disk of radius 11 rolls all the way around the outside of the same square and sweeps out a region of area 2A2A. The value of ss can be written as a+bπca + \frac{b\pi}{c}, where aa, bb, and cc are positive integers and bb and cc are relatively prime. What is a+b+ca + b + c?

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Solution

Answer (A): To obtain the region swept out by the first disk, remove a square of side length s4s-4 from the center of the original square and replace the 44 unit squares at the corners of the original square with 44 quarter-circles of radius 11. The area of this region is
s2(s4)24+π=8s20+π. s^2 - (s-4)^2 - 4 + \pi = 8s - 20 + \pi.
The region swept out by the second disk is the disjoint union of 44 rectangles, each with length ss and width 22, and 44 quarter-circles of radius 22, so its area is 8s+4π8s + 4\pi. Therefore
8s+4π=2(8s20+π). 8s + 4\pi = 2(8s - 20 + \pi).
Solving this equation gives s=5+π4s = 5 + \frac{\pi}{4}, so the requested sum is 5+1+4=105 + 1 + 4 = 10.

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