2017 AMC 10A Problem 22

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Concepts:equilateral trianglesectortangent line

Difficulty rating: 2150

22.

Sides AB\overline{AB} and AC\overline{AC} of equilateral triangle ABCABC are tangent to a circle at points BB and CC respectively. What fraction of the area of ABC\triangle ABC lies outside the circle?

43π2713\dfrac{4\sqrt{3}\pi}{27}-\dfrac{1}{3}

32π8\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}-\dfrac{\pi}{8}

12\dfrac{1}{2}

323π9\sqrt{3}-\dfrac{2\sqrt{3}\pi}{9}

4343π27\dfrac{4}{3}-\dfrac{4\sqrt{3}\pi}{27}

Solution:

Let the radius of the circle be r.r.

To find the area of the triangle outside of the circle, we can find the area of the triangle inside the circle and subtract it.

We get that BOC=120\angle BOC = 120^{\circ} since ABO\angle ABO and ACO\angle ACO are right angles.

This means that the area of sector OBCOBC is 120360πr2=πr23. \dfrac{120}{360} \cdot \pi r^2 = \dfrac{\pi r^2}{3}.

Now, we need to find the area of BOC.\triangle BOC. Using the formula for the area of a triangle with sine, we get the area to be 12sin(120)r2=r234. \dfrac{1}{2} \sin (120^{\circ}) \cdot r^2 = \dfrac{r^2\sqrt{3}}{4}.

Then the area of the triangle inside the circle is πr23r234=r2(4π33)12. \dfrac{\pi r^2}{3} - \dfrac{r^2\sqrt{3}}{4} = \dfrac{r^2(4\pi - 3\sqrt{3})}{12}.

The area of ABC\triangle ABC is (r3)234=3r234. \dfrac{(r\sqrt{3})^2\sqrt{3}}{4} = \dfrac{3r^2\sqrt{3}}{4}.

The desired fraction is then 1r2(4π33)123r234=14π3393=14π327+13=434π327.\begin{align*} 1 - \dfrac{\frac{r^2(4\pi - 3\sqrt{3})}{12}}{\frac{3r^2\sqrt{3}}{4}} &= 1 - \dfrac{4\pi - 3\sqrt{3}}{9\sqrt{3}} \\&= 1 - \dfrac{4\pi\sqrt{3}}{27} + \dfrac{1}{3} \\&= \dfrac{4}{3} - \dfrac{4\pi\sqrt{3}}{27}. \end{align*}

Thus, E is the correct answer.

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