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geometry intermediate

Problem

Let be a diameter of a circle and let be a point on with . Let and be points on the circle such that and is a second diameter. What is the ratio of the area of to the area of ?
problem
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
WLOG, Let us assume that the diameter is of length . The length of is and is . is the radius of the circle, which is , so using the Pythagorean Theorem the height of is . This is also the height of the . The area of is = . The height of can be found using the area of and as base. Hence, the height of is = . The diameter is the base for both the triangles and , Hence, the ratio of the area of to the area of is =
Final answer
C