A Geometry Puzzle: Finding the shaded area

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @drbeevs8808
    @drbeevs8808 3 года назад +18

    Again, you took a relatively simple problem, and made it much more complicated than it needed to be. A good teacher makes things simple and easy to understand, and doesn't introduce added complexity unless it is necessary.
    Just connect the bottom center and the top right to the intersection point and each other. This creates 2 congruent right triangles with legs 1/2 and 1. Either angle can be determined with an arctangent, then the other angle is 90 - that angle. Then add together the areas of the wedges formed and subtract the total area of the triangles.

    • @ybodoN
      @ybodoN 3 года назад +7

      I find it very interesting to solve the same problem using different techniques. So it's easy to check and compare...🤔

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +12

      I'm not a good teacher because I'm not even a teacher. As @maths247366 put it:
      "I like math and I am here to share few exciting things with you."
      😉🙃😁😎

    • @tosuchino6465
      @tosuchino6465 3 года назад +6

      @@SyberMath
      I enjoyed the solution you presented here. I have encountered this exact problem before but didn't think to solve it this way. To those who struggle to solve this problem, someone who introduces added complexities may not be a good teacher, but to those who can solve it, someone who introduces a different solution is a good teacher. You did exactly that for me. Keep up the good work.

    • @ivanhuertas5307
      @ivanhuertas5307 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath No you are a good and nice teacher thanks for your videos and keep on

    • @shmuelzehavi4940
      @shmuelzehavi4940 3 года назад +1

      Your solution is definitely more elegant but, there's no need to offense.

  • @trnfncb11
    @trnfncb11 3 года назад +6

    In your coordinate system, you can of course also integrate from 1/5 to 1 the difference of the two curves.

    • @barakathaider6333
      @barakathaider6333 2 года назад

      exactly what i was thinking 👍

    • @timeonly1401
      @timeonly1401 2 года назад

      I started this way, got the limits of integration, looked hard at the integrand, and said (because I'm lazy...) "There HAS to be an easier way!" [And there was. :-) ]

  • @mjones207
    @mjones207 3 года назад +4

    I didn't see anyone in the comment section use a formula for the area of a segment of a circle to solve the problem... the area of a segment of a circle *A = ½·r²(x - sin x)* where r is the radius and x is the measure of the angle in radians.

    For segment A, r = 1 and x = α and sin α = ⅘, so
    area A = ½·1²(arcsin ⅘ - ⅘) = ½·arcsin ⅘ - ⅖.

    For segment B, r = ½ and x = π - α, so sin x = sin α = ⅘, and
    area B = ½·½²(π - arcsin ⅘ - ⅘) = ⅛(π - arcsin ⅘ - ⅘).

    The shaded area A + B = (½ arcsin ⅘ - ⅖) + (⅛π - ⅛·arcsin ⅘ - ¹/₁₀)
    = ⅛π - ½ + ⅜·arcsin ⅘
    ≈ 0.2404347884... quick and relatively painless.

  • @jfcrow1
    @jfcrow1 3 года назад +3

    Another way ->since you know the common chord between the two circles with different radii is to use the formula for chord area from chord length C=2/sqrt(5) -> A=r^2(2*arcsin(C/2)-(C/2)).
    Know the common chord is C=2/(sqrt(5)) and the two radii are 1 and .5. For areas A and B respectively. A lot of ways to do this problem. None terribly easy.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thanks for sharing! Can you give me more details on that formula?

    • @jfcrow1
      @jfcrow1 3 года назад +2

      @@SyberMath Oops! Aseg=(.5 * R^2 * ( alpha - sin(alpha)) where alpha = 2 * arcsin(C/(2*R)) C is Chord Length and R is radius.
      To summarize given fixed chord length common to two circles with different radii the Aseg is a function of radius and chord length.
      So for your A and B
      A=.5*(.927 - sin(.927))= .0636 with alpha = .927
      B=(.5)(.25)(2.214-sin(2.214))= sqrt(2)/8 =.17675 with alpha = 2.214
      A+B = .24035
      Not an elegant approach but I believe still valid.

  • @timeonly1401
    @timeonly1401 2 года назад +1

    @8:30, You didn't need to go thru tan(alpha) = tan(beta) to get alpha = beta. If you looked at the two angles (whose measures you called alpha & beta), you see that the two sides of one angle are perpendicular to the two sides of the other angle, which means that the two angles are congruent. (result straight from geometry).
    The only other thing I did differently was, in using the area of sector formula, I kept all angles in radians. (hey, what mathematician likes degrees, anyway?! LOL!)
    Fun problem. Thx!

  • @SyberMath
    @SyberMath  3 года назад +2

    Hello everyone!
    This puzzle is easy to draw but not that easy to solve! I know many people will go for the Calculus option because it's so trivial if you know Calculus, of course!
    I haven't seen this puzzle on RUclips. If you do, please let me know. I did find this webpage which is full of interesting details. So make sure to check it out:
    math.stackexchange.com/questions/2638152/how-to-find-the-shaded-area
    It's the same thing with different numbers.
    Any thoughts? Plz share...

  • @adandap
    @adandap 3 года назад +4

    I'm bad at geometry but (relatively) good at calculus, so I almost always turn things into calculus problems if I can! In this case it's not hard to work out the intersections points (1/5,2/5) and (1,0) and the equations of the arcs. Then it comes down to (in Mathematica notation)
    Integrate[ Sqrt[1/4 - (x - 1/2)^2] - 1 + Sqrt[1 - (x - 1)^2], {x, 1/5, 1}]. The integral of Sqrt[a^2 - (x-a)^2] is done by x - a = a sin(t) etc.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +2

      That's very common! I'm not very strong in geometry, either! 😁

  • @theimmux3034
    @theimmux3034 3 года назад +7

    I got excited but then I remembered I know calculus and could go full autopilot and get the solution :(

  • @snejpu2508
    @snejpu2508 3 года назад +9

    I was trying to solve this using analytics and integrals. I succeeded, but I wasn't able to calculate the integrals I created. What a great deal. : ) But maybe at least Wolphram Alpha would tell me the result based on this. : )

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      It will! 😁

    • @hyperboloidofonesheet1036
      @hyperboloidofonesheet1036 3 года назад

      Split the integral into three parts; the two square root parts can be done using complete the square followed by trig sub to get √(1-sin²Θ) and then using trig identities to bring it home.

    • @ROCCOANDROXY
      @ROCCOANDROXY 3 года назад +3

      If you were to use calculus the approach below is fairly simple:
      Starting from the left hand corner and going clockwise label each vertex as: (-1,-1), (-1,0), (0,0) and (0,-1).
      The equations of the circles are:
      (x + 1/2)^2 + (y + 1)^2 = 1/4
      x^2 + y^2 = 1
      Solving we obtain x = 0, -4/5.
      The upper curve is just y2(x) = -1 + sqrt(1/4 - (x + 1/2))^2 and the lower curve is y1(x) = -sqrt(1 - x^2) implies
      The desired area A = integral (-1 + sqrt(1/4 - (x + 1/2))^2 + sqrt(1 - x^2)) dx on the interval [-4/5, 0].
      For both square roots we use a trig substitution.
      For A_(1) = Integral y1(x) dx on [-4/5, 0] we let x = sin(theta) implies dx = cos(theta) implies A_(1) = 1/2 * (arcsin(4/5) + 12/25).
      For A_(2) = integral sqrt(1/4 - (x + 1/2))^2) dx on [-4/5, 0] we let
      x + 1/2 = 1/2 * sin(theta) implies dx = 1/2 * cos(theta) implies
      A_(2) = 1/8 * (pi/2 + arcsin(3/5) + 12/25).
      Putting this all together and letting w = arcsin(4/5) implies
      A = -1/2 + pi/16 + 1/2 * w + 1/8 * (pi/2 - w) =
      pi/8 + 3/8 * arcsin(4/5) - 1/2.

  • @kimsanov
    @kimsanov 3 года назад +2

    Too hard to follow because cursor is invisible. Is it possible for further videos to see your cursor to be able to clearly see what exactly you are pointing at?

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      There's no cursor

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      But you're right! I should make it more clear what I'm pointing at

  • @sahilsinghbhandari444
    @sahilsinghbhandari444 3 года назад +1

    I have better mathod for solving this question but I am not able to explain by only writing the comment. But I will try,
    So firstly take coordinate (0,0) at mid point of lower side which will be center of semicircle and le r( = 1/2) be radius. Then for another circle center will be ( r, 2r) and radius will be 2r ( = 1 ) write equation of circle and we will find that they will meet at (1/2 , 0) and ( 0, 1/2)
    Then take area of semicircle and quarter circle and add them also add area of remaining part and subtract area of square , then we will got area of shaded region because it is added twice but subtracted one time.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      I don't think ( 0, 1/2) is an intersection point. Can you check? You can post a picture on twitter:
      twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=@SyberMath
      or share a link like imgur.com/...

    • @sahilsinghbhandari444
      @sahilsinghbhandari444 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath I don't use twitter

    • @sahilsinghbhandari444
      @sahilsinghbhandari444 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath intersection points will be (0,1/2) and (1/2,0)

  • @tymondydowicz2197
    @tymondydowicz2197 3 года назад +2

    I got it right afterall, I just forgot that what I had counted is the non shaded area in that smaller circle, and that I had to subtract it

  • @hgnb1001
    @hgnb1001 3 года назад +1

    As the results from the equations you have the points of the chord, so you have the length of the chord (using Pythagoras) , say L, then you have to calculate the area of 2 circular sectors with the same chord length L, but not the same subtended angle. Very easy from then on.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Oh, I see! That makes sense!

  • @miaoluo8832
    @miaoluo8832 3 года назад

    the range of Inverse cosine function is [0, pi], I think where you divided by 360 degree should be replaced by 2*pi

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Couldn't the range be [0,180]?

    • @miaoluo8832
      @miaoluo8832 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath it can, but normally people use range [0, pi]

  • @mrinalkantibose3504
    @mrinalkantibose3504 3 года назад +2

    Before watching I tried this problem myself, but got stuck to solve the integrals. Great video ❤❤

  • @MathElite
    @MathElite 3 года назад +7

    Nice video, I need to get more exposed to these kind of topics

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thank you!

    • @skwbusaidi
      @skwbusaidi 3 года назад

      You can find the integeral using trig sub

    • @MathElite
      @MathElite 3 года назад

      @@skwbusaidi nice I make calculus videos on my channel btw

  • @MelomaniacEarth
    @MelomaniacEarth 3 года назад +1

    Can we do area under da curve method🤔🤔🤔

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Absolutely! You can do it to check if you get the same answer

  • @jofx4051
    @jofx4051 3 года назад +1

    Exercise : Solve the shaded area (easy mode)
    Exam: Solve the shaded area (THIS video)

  • @haricharanbalasundaram3124
    @haricharanbalasundaram3124 3 года назад +5

    Great video as always!! Can you do some permutation and combinatorics problems? I thought they were boring for a long time, but now, I find it to be very interesting... try them once, :D

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thank you! They are not my type but I will take a look

    • @AnmolTheMathSailor
      @AnmolTheMathSailor 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath a different approach to this problem is now available on my channel

  • @sunrise0310
    @sunrise0310 3 года назад +2

    There's a different way to approach this and it will come on channel @I Challenge You wait for it 😉😀

  • @Elbuzzy
    @Elbuzzy 2 года назад

    Put it on an axis and its very easy with 1 integral

  • @christopherellis2663
    @christopherellis2663 3 года назад +1

    Fourth is an Ordinal
    Quarter is not
    American English is exceptionally opaque and ambiguous

  • @morbidmanatee5550
    @morbidmanatee5550 3 года назад +1

    I would have just integrated over the area. Don't use degrees it just complicates things.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      This approach does not use calculus so it's accessible to people who hasn't studied calculus yet. When I don't write the degree symbol, people make a big deal about it! 😁

  • @cdhastings4537
    @cdhastings4537 2 года назад

    Really enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work!

  • @tonyhaddad1394
    @tonyhaddad1394 3 года назад

    I enjoyed so much even if i think the first step you did it we can avoid it
    Beacaus you can proof that we have a kite and from it we can get the sin(180-alpha) and sin(alpha) .......!!!!!!

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      That's right! I could've used some symmetry. I actually thought about it

    • @tonyhaddad1394
      @tonyhaddad1394 3 года назад

      Although good job !!

  • @GaneshKumar-vh6ts
    @GaneshKumar-vh6ts 3 года назад +3

    Area = integral of y1-y2
    Y1=1/4-(x²-1/4)
    Y2=(√1-(x²-1))+1

    • @GaneshKumar-vh6ts
      @GaneshKumar-vh6ts 3 года назад

      Integral range is from 1/5 to 1

    • @GaneshKumar-vh6ts
      @GaneshKumar-vh6ts 3 года назад

      Where Y1 is the equation of semicircle in terms of y
      And Y2 is the equation of circle interns of y

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Isn't there a square root in Y1?

    • @GaneshKumar-vh6ts
      @GaneshKumar-vh6ts 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath ya yes sir printing error.the general eq for semicircle is (x-1/2)²+y²=1/4
      It can be written as y=√(1/4-(x-1/2)²)

    • @GaneshKumar-vh6ts
      @GaneshKumar-vh6ts 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath area is integral of
      (√(1/4-(x-1/2)²))-(√(1-(x²-1))+1)
      From 1/5 to 1.

  • @pardeepgarg2640
    @pardeepgarg2640 3 года назад +1

    Wow u accept my recommendation for geometry

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Was it your recommendation? 🤔

    • @pardeepgarg2640
      @pardeepgarg2640 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath oh , sorry I recommend this problem on other channel , btw thanks

  • @Noname-67
    @Noname-67 3 года назад

    You should do the geometrical way when do these kind of problem, integral is a kind of brute force approach and uninteresting

  • @angshukNag
    @angshukNag 2 года назад

    Ahh i thought there might be a trick but there isn't it seems, we need those inverses of cosine.

  • @MelomaniacEarth
    @MelomaniacEarth 3 года назад +2

    Sybermath the unit length solver😜

  • @هدىطوروز
    @هدىطوروز 3 года назад

    شكرا عله توضيح رياضيات

  • @deepjyoti5610
    @deepjyoti5610 3 года назад +2

    I love geometryyyyy

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Great! Geometry is fun1

  • @Pizzicuddles
    @Pizzicuddles 3 года назад

    Me: Finally a calculus problem
    SyberMath: Hold my Baldor.
    Love this videos, really nice job!

  • @repsarklar9420
    @repsarklar9420 3 года назад +2

    *SYBERMATH* 👍

  • @manojsurya1005
    @manojsurya1005 3 года назад

    I don't like geometry bcoz of the extra construction that we need to do to find the ans,I cant get idea for construction easily,and the video was good with many tricks😁

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Yeah, geometry puzzles are not that popular and hard to make. (This one is an exception. It was very easy to draw but hard to solve)
      That's probably why I try to stay away from them. Plus there are some really good puzzlers on twitter and they come up with amazing puzzles.

  • @JSSTyger
    @JSSTyger 3 года назад

    Is it 0.41?

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 3 года назад

      I did it again and got 0.35...smh.

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 3 года назад

      Now i know what i did wrong...

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      Awesome!

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath yes i split the "area" with a straight line chord. One side has an area of 0.17... i thought i could double it to get the final answer. That was a mistake.

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 3 года назад

      Area = (1/4)sin-1(2/sqrt(5))+sin-1(1/sqrt(5))-(1/2) = 0.240435

  • @sharpnova2
    @sharpnova2 3 года назад

    at the start when you picked your origin you just said "this". i barely noticed you had drawn a little cyan dot. none of the other math youtubers would have made that mistake.
    you need to be clear at all times. also you referred to the circles ambiguously. as if it was always obvious which you were referring to. again, it was obvious to be. wouldn't be to many others
    people will probably attack me and defend you because I'm not bending over backwards to be polite here. but consider this very good advice from someone who knows a thing or two about teaching stem.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thank you for the advice! You're right about that.

  • @DrunkenCArtist
    @DrunkenCArtist 3 года назад +2

    this question can also be solved using integral calculus ....initial steps are similar as you did......i think

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      That's right! Is there a synthetic method that does not use trig?

  • @tahasami597
    @tahasami597 3 года назад

    Thank for sybermath

  • @AllanPoeLover
    @AllanPoeLover 2 года назад

    都已經算出兩個交叉點也寫出兩個圓的方程式
    我還以為要用積分來算面積了呵呵呵

  • @carloshuertas4734
    @carloshuertas4734 3 года назад +1

    Another great explanation! Longer than usual.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thank you! Yeah, it was longer than usual. Sorry

    • @neilmorrone691
      @neilmorrone691 3 года назад

      Too, too long and not enough proper diagram designations. Too, too talky!!!

  • @Kkkkkkk-d8k
    @Kkkkkkk-d8k 3 года назад +3

    I expected that you would solve this elementary geometry instead of analytical geometry coz I am just a 10th grader.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      There must be an elementary solution which I haven't looked into yet

    • @ybodoN
      @ybodoN 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath Similar right triangles of the "1-2-√5" type are all over in this puzzle.
      All we need for an elementary solution is the two other angles of this triangle... 🤔

    • @drbeevs8808
      @drbeevs8808 3 года назад

      You can't use completely simple geometry, you need a little bit of trigonometry to get the angles, but it's not nearly as complicated as he made it.

    • @Kkkkkkk-d8k
      @Kkkkkkk-d8k 3 года назад

      @@drbeevs8808 yaa. Trigonometry can be understood. But I don't understand a bit of calculus.

  • @willie333b
    @willie333b 3 года назад

    Easy, but hard

  • @DavyCDiamondback
    @DavyCDiamondback 3 года назад

    I would have used integration

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      I know. Most people would do

  • @barakathaider6333
    @barakathaider6333 2 года назад

    👍

  • @sonalichakraborty6830
    @sonalichakraborty6830 3 года назад +1

    This is really easy

  • @zahranalinufar5026
    @zahranalinufar5026 3 года назад

    Easy questions

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      You must be good at geometry puzzles!

  • @sayantangoswami6618
    @sayantangoswami6618 3 года назад

    Dude, why don't you simply use Calculus?

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      That's too standard! 😁

  • @executorarktanis2323
    @executorarktanis2323 3 года назад

    Sad calculas noises

  • @GroovingPict
    @GroovingPict 3 года назад

    that seemed to be at least a thousand times more complicated than it needed to be, jesus christ man