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Geometry Difficulty 3.6 AMC 10/12 Find the answer

What is the area of the region enclosed by the graph of the equation x2+y2=x+y?x^2+y^2=|x|+|y|?

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Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Without loss of generality (WLOG) note that if a point in the first quadrant satisfies the equation, so do its corresponding points in the other three quadrants. Therefore, we can assume that x,y0x, y \ge 0, which implies that x=x|x|=x and y=y|y|=y, and multiply by 44 at the end.
We can rearrange the equation to get x2x+y2y=0(x12)2+(y12)2=(22)2x^2-x+y^2-y=0 \Rightarrow (x-\tfrac12)^2+(y-\tfrac12)^2=(\tfrac{\sqrt2}{2})^2, which describes a circle with center (12,12)(\tfrac12, \tfrac12) and radius 22.\tfrac{\sqrt2}{2}. It's clear we now want to find the union of four equal areas.
[asy]draw((0,-1.5)--(0,1.5),EndArrow);draw((-1.5,0)--(1.5,0),EndArrow);draw((0,1)--(1,0)--(0,-1)--(-1,0)--cycle,dotted); for(int i=0;i<4;++i){draw(rotate(i*90,(0,0))*arc((1/2,1/2),sqrt(1/2),-45,135));dot(rotate(i*90,(0,0))*(1/2,1/2));}[/asy]
There are several ways to find the area, but note that if you connect (0,1)(0, 1) to its other three respective points in the other three quadrants, you get a square of area 22, along with four half-circles of diameter 2\sqrt{2}, for a total area of 2+2(22)2π=π+22+2\cdot(\tfrac{\sqrt2}{2})^2\pi = \pi + 2 which is (B)\boxed{\textbf{(B)}}.

Solution 2

Consider the case when x0x \geq 0, y0y \geq 0.
x2+y2=x+yx^2+y^2=x+y
(x12)2+(y12)2=12(x - \frac{1}{2})^2+(y - \frac{1}{2})^2=\frac{1}{2}
Notice the circle intersect the axes at points (0,1)(0, 1) and (1,0)(1, 0). Find the area of this circle in the first quadrant. The area is made of a semi-circle with radius of 22\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} and a triangle:
A=π4+12A = \frac{\pi}{4} +\frac{1}{2}
[asy]draw((0,-1.5)--(0,1.5),EndArrow);draw((-1.5,0)--(1.5,0),EndArrow);draw((0,1)--(1,0)--(0,-1)--(-1,0)--cycle,dotted);draw(arc((1/2,1/2),sqrt(2)/2,135, 315),dotted);for(int i=0;i<4;++i){draw(rotate(i*90,(0,0))*arc((1/2,1/2),sqrt(2)/2,-45,135)); dot(rotate(i*90,(0,0))*(1/2,1/2));}[/asy]
Because of symmetry, the area is the same in all four quadrants.
The answer is (B) π+2\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ \pi + 2}

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