2008 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 13
- The following problem is from both the 2008 AMC 12A #13 and 2008 AMC 10A #16, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Points 
and 
lie on a circle centered at 
, and 
. A second circle is internally tangent to the first and tangent to both 
and 
. What is the ratio of the area of the smaller circle to that of the larger circle?
Solution
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Let 
be the center of the small circle with radius 
, and let 
be the point where the small circle is tangent to 
. Also, let 
be the point where the small circle is tangent to the big circle with radius 
.
Then 
is a right triangle, and a 
triangle at that. Therefore, 
.
Since 
, we have 
, or 
, or 
.
Then the ratio of areas will be 
squared, or 
.
See also
| 2008 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 12 |
Followed by Problem 14 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2008 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 15 |
Followed by Problem 17 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
