2005 AMC 12B Problem 18
Problem 18 of 25IntermediateGeometry
Let and be points in the plane. Define as the region in the first quadrant consisting of those points such that is an acute triangle. What is the closest integer to the area of the region
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Solution
Line has slope For to be acute, must lie beyond the line through perpendicular to in the first quadrant that line runs between and For to be acute, must lie before the line through perpendicular to between and
For to be acute, must lie outside the circle with diameter whose radius is
The circle lies entirely inside this strip and in the first quadrant. Thus the region is the large right triangle minus the small right triangle and the full circle
Thus, the correct answer is C.