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Geometry Difficulty 4.7 AIME Find the answer

In a plane, equilateral triangle ABCA B C, square BCDEB C D E, and regular dodecagon DEFGHIJKLMNOD E F G H I J K L M N O each have side length 1 and do not overlap. Find the area of the circumcircle of △AFN\triangle A F N.

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

Solution

Note that ∠ACD=∠ACB+∠BCD=60∘+90∘=150∘\angle A C D=\angle A C B+\angle B C D=60^{\circ}+90^{\circ}=150^{\circ}. In a dodecagon, each interior angle is 180∘⋅12−212=150∘180^{\circ} \cdot \frac{12-2}{12}=150^{\circ} meaning that ∠FED=∠DON=150∘\angle F E D=\angle D O N=150^{\circ}. since EF=FD=1E F=F D=1 and DO=ON=1D O=O N=1 (just like how AC=CD=1A C=C D=1 ), then we have that △ACD≅△DON≅△FED\triangle A C D \cong \triangle D O N \cong \triangle F E D and because the triangles are isosceles, then AD=DF=FNA D=D F=F N so DD is the circumcenter of △AFN\triangle A F N. Now, applying the Law of Cosines gets that AD2=2+3A D^{2}=2+\sqrt{3} so AD2π=(2+3)πA D^{2} \pi=(2+\sqrt{3}) \pi.

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