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geometry intermediate

Problem

Quadrilateral with side lengths is inscribed in a circle. The area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form where and are positive integers such that and have no common prime factor. What is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Opposite angles of every cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary, so We claim that We can prove it by contradiction: If then and are both acute angles. This arrives at a contradiction. If then and are both obtuse angles. This arrives at a contradiction. By the Inscribed Angle Theorem, we conclude that is the diameter of the circle. So, the radius of the circle is The area of the requested region is Therefore, the answer is
Final answer
D