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geometry senior

Problem

A point is selected at random from the interior of the pentagon with vertices , , , , and . What is the probability that is obtuse?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The angle is obtuse if and only if lies inside the circle with diameter . (This follows for example from the fact that the inscribed angle is half of the central angle for the same arc.) The area of is , and the area of is . From the Pythagorean theorem the length of is , thus the radius of the circle is , and the area of the half-circle that is inside is . Therefore the probability that is obtuse is .
Final answer
C