2001 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 17

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Problem

A point $P$ is selected at random from the interior of the pentagon with vertices $A = (0,2)$ , $B = (4,0)$ , $C = (2 \pi + 1, 0)$ , $D = (2 \pi + 1,4)$ , and $E=(0,4)$ . What is the probability that $\angle APB$ is obtuse?

$\text{(A) }\frac {1}{5}\qquad\text{(B) }\frac {1}{4}\qquad\text{(C) }\frac {5}{16}\qquad\text{(D) }\frac {3}{8}\qquad\text{(E...$

Solution

The angle $APB$ is obtuse if and only if $P$ lies inside the circle with diameter $AB$ . (This follows for example from the fact that the inscribed angle is half of the central angle for the same arc.)

The area of $AFB$ is $[AFB] = \frac {AF\cdot FB}2 = 4$ , and the area of $ABCDE$ is $CD\cdot DE - [AFB] = 4\cdot (2\pi+1) - 4 = 8\pi$ .

From the Pythagorean theorem the length of $AB$ is $\sqrt{2^2 + 4^2} = 2\sqrt{5}$ , thus the radius of the circle is $\sqrt{5}$ , and the area of the half-circle that is inside $ABCDE$ is $\frac{ 5\pi }2$ .

Therefore the probability that $APB$ is obtuse is $\frac{ \frac{ 5\pi }2 }{ 8\pi } = \boxed{\frac 5{16}}$ .

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