Circle-Parallelogram Tangency Problem: Finding Area of Blue Regions with 25.13 Circumference

Question

The following is a circle enclosed in a parallelogram:

36

All meeting points are tangent to the circle.
The circumference is 25.13.

What is the area of the zones marked in blue?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find the blue area between the parallel and circle
00:03 The blue area equals the area of the parallel minus the area of the circle
00:10 Lines coming from the same point are equal until the tangent point
00:19 The entire side equals the sum of its parts
00:27 This is the size of side AB
00:33 The radius is always perpendicular to the tangent at the tangent point
00:36 The diameter is the height in our parallel
00:39 We'll use the formula for calculating circle circumference to find the radius
00:42 We'll substitute appropriate values and solve to find the radius
00:47 We'll round the radius result and that's the radius size
00:54 We'll substitute the radius value we got to find the height
00:59 To find the area, multiply the height(H) by the side (AB)
01:03 We'll substitute appropriate values and solve to find the area
01:06 Now we'll calculate the circle area with the radius we found
01:14 This is the circle's area
01:17 Now we'll subtract the circle area from the parallel area
01:25 And this is the solution to the problem

Step-by-Step Solution

First, we add letters as reference points:

Let's observe points A and B.

We know that two tangent lines to a circle that start from the same point are parallel to each other.

Therefore:

AE=AF=3 AE=AF=3
BG=BF=6 BG=BF=6

From here we can calculate:

AB=AF+FB=3+6=9 AB=AF+FB=3+6=9

Now we need the height of the parallelogram.

We know that F is tangent to the circle, so the diameter that comes out of point F will also be the height of the parallelogram.

It is also known that the diameter is equal to two radii.

It is known that the circumference of the circle is 25.13.

Formula of the circumference:2πR 2\pi R
We replace and solve:

2πR=25.13 2\pi R=25.13
πR=12.565 \pi R=12.565
R4 R\approx4

The height of the parallelogram is equal to two radii, that is, 8.

And from here it is possible to calculate the area of the parallelogram:

Lado x Altura \text{Lado }x\text{ Altura} 9×872 9\times8\approx72

Now, we calculate the area of the circle according to the formula:πR2 \pi R^2

π42=50.26 \pi4^2=50.26

Now, subtract the area of the circle from the surface of the trapezoid to get the answer:

7256.2421.73 72-56.24\approx21.73

Answer

21.73 \approx21.73