Instructions

A punching machine is used to punch a circular hole of diameter two Units from a square sheet of aluminium of width 2 units, as shown below. The hole is punched such that the circular hole touches one corner P of the square sheet and the diameter of the hole originating at P is in line with a diagonal of the square:

Question 1

The proportion of the sheet area that remains after punching is:

Solution

The area of triangle ABC is 1/2 * $$\sqrt2$$ * $$\sqrt2$$ = 1

Area of semi-circle ABC = $$\pi/2$$

So, area of circle outside the square = $$\pi/2$$ - 1 = ($$\pi$$ -2)/2

So, area of circle inside the sheet = $$\pi$$ - ($$\pi/2$$ - 1) = 1 + $$\pi/2$$

Area of original square = 2*2 = 4

So, area of the sheet after punching = 4 - 1 - $$\pi/2$$ = 3 - $$\pi/2$$

So, proportion of sheet that remains after punching = (3 - $$\pi/2$$)/4 = (6 - $$\pi$$)/8


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