Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Archimedes' Book of Lemmas, Proposition #14

Problem 654: Salinon
Exercise your brain. Archimedes wrote the "Book of Lemmas" more than 2200 years ago. Solve the proposition #14 (high school level) and lift up your geometry skills.

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Archimedes' Book of Lemmas #14.
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1 comment:

  1. Let AC = BD = 2p, CD = 2q
    So EF = OE + OF = OA + q = 2p + q + q = 2p +2q
    Let(XY)denote area of semicircle on XY as diameter
    Salmon area
    =(AB)-(AC)-(DB)+(CD)]
    =[Pi/2][(2p+q)^2 - p^2 - p^2 + q^2]
    =[Pi/2][2p^2 + 4pq +2q^2]
    =Pi(p + q)^2
    =Area of circle on EF as diameter

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