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geometry intermediate

Problem

Isosceles triangle has , and a circle with radius is tangent to line at and to line at . What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices , , and
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let be the circle with radius that is tangent to at and to at Note that Since the opposite angles of quadrilateral are supplementary, quadrilateral is cyclic. Let be the circumcircle of quadrilateral It follows that is also the circumcircle of as shown below: By the Inscribed Angle Theorem, we conclude that is the diameter of By the Pythagorean Theorem on right we have Therefore, the area of is
Final answer
C