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A circle is inscribed in a right isosceles triangle whose legs are 8 inches long. How many square inches are in the area of the shaded portion? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

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It's not 7.79

Jan 14, 2020
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A circle is inscribed in a right isosceles triangle whose legs are 8 inches long. How many square inches are in the area of the shaded portion? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

Think of it as a co-ordinate geometry question

the vertices are   (0,0)   (0,8)   (8,0)

Let (r,r) be the centre of the circle

x=0,  y=0  and  y=-x+8  are all tangents to the circle

Points on the circumference are  (r,0), (0,r) (4,4)

Distance from the centre to (0,0) = $$\sqrt{2r^2}=\sqrt2\;r$$

Distance from origin to (4,4) =$$\sqrt{32}=4\sqrt2$$

Distance from origin to (4,4) in terms of raius r is  $$\sqrt2 \;r+r=r(\sqrt2+1)$$

So

$$r(\sqrt2+1)=4\sqrt2\\ r=\frac{4\sqrt2}{\sqrt2+1}=\frac{4\sqrt2(\sqrt2-1)}{1}=8-4\sqrt2=4(2-\sqrt2)$$

Area of circle = $$\pi( 4(2-\sqrt2))^2=16\pi(4+2-4\sqrt2)=32\pi(3-2\sqrt2)$$

Area of triangle = 0.5*8*8 = 32

$$\text{Shaded area}=32-32\pi(3-2\sqrt2)\\ \text{Shaded area}=32(1-3\pi+2\pi\sqrt2)\\ \text{Shaded area}\approx 14.75\; square\; inches$$

You need to check my working.

Jan 14, 2020