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# A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of diameter 2. Which of

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A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of diameter 2. Which of the following can be the area of the rectangle?

I. 0.01
II. 2.00
III. 3.20

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. II and III only
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04 Jan 2008, 03:27
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Area of a rectangle ranges from 0 to area of square=2. S0, I and II is possible.

Simple enough now! Thanks a bunch Walker.
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04 Jan 2008, 06:38
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Area of a rectangle ranges from 0 to area of square=2. S0, I and II is possible.

Simple enough now! Thanks a bunch Walker.

moreover, the area of the circle is 3,14...thus 3,20 is the area of a figure which is not inscribed....
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Area of a rectangle ranges from 0 to area of square=2. S0, I and II is possible.

Bunuel / Walker,
I have a question. If the diameter = 2 => diagonal of square =2 => 2(side of a square)^2 = 2 => (side of a square)^2 = 1.

Hence, the area of square is 1!

Thoughts?
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03 Aug 2012, 07:13
diagonal of Square = a* root 2=2, Hence a (side of sq)= root 2.

Area of Square = root 2 X root 2 = 2
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03 Aug 2012, 07:15
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Area of a rectangle ranges from 0 to area of square=2. S0, I and II is possible.

Bunuel / Walker,
I have a question. If the diameter = 2 => diagonal of square =2 => 2(side of a square)^2 = 2 => (side of a square)^2 = 1.

Hence, the area of square is 1!

Thoughts?

Area of a square is also diagonal * diagonal / 2, so in our case is 2 * 2 / 2 =2.

If you want to find the side of the square, then don't forget to square: 2(side of a square)^2 = 2^2=4...

Be more careful with your computations. On the real test you won't get help from the forum's members )
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Area of a rectangle ranges from 0 to area of square=2. S0, I and II is possible.

Bunuel / Walker,
I have a question. If the diameter = 2 => diagonal of square =2 => 2(side of a square)^2 = 2 => (side of a square)^2 = 1.

Hence, the area of square is 1!

Thoughts?

If the length of a diagonal of a square is 2, then $$side^2+side^2= diagonal^2$$ --> $$2*side^2=2^2$$ --> $$side^2=area=2$$.

You could get the side in another way: since the angle between a diagonal and a side in a square is 45 degrees, then $$side=\frac{diagonal}{\sqrt{2}}$$ (from the properties of 45-45-90 triangle).

You could also get the area directly: $$area_{square}=\frac{diagonal^2}{2}=2$$.

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A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of diameter 2. Which of the following can be the area of the rectangle?

I. 0.01
II. 2.00
III. 3.20

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. II and III only

Look at the diagram below:
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If the width of blue rectangle is small enough then its area could be 0.01.

Generally, the are of the inscribed rectangle is more than 0 and less than or equal to the area of the inscribed square (inscribed square has the largest area from all rectangles that can be inscribed in a given circle).

Now, since the area of the inscribed square in a circle with the diameter of 2 is 2, then the area of the inscribed rectangle is $$0<area\leq{2}$$. So, I and II are possible values of the area. (Else you can notice that the area of the circle is $$\pi{r^2}=\pi\approx{3.14}$$ and the area of the inscribed rectangle cannot be greater than that, so III is not possible)

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Bunuel wrote:
voodoochild wrote:
walker wrote:
Area of a rectangle ranges from 0 to area of square=2. S0, I and II is possible.

Bunuel / Walker,
I have a question. If the diameter = 2 => diagonal of square =2 => 2(side of a square)^2 = 2 => (side of a square)^2 = 1.

Hence, the area of square is 1!

Thoughts?

If the length of a diagonal of a square is 2, then $$side^2+side^2= diagonal^2$$ --> $$2*side^2=2^2$$ --> $$side^2=area=2$$.

You could get the side in another way: since the angle between a diagonal and a side in a square is 45 degrees, then $$side=\frac{diagonal}{\sqrt{2}}$$ (from the properties of 45-45-90 triangle).

You could also get the area directly: $$area_{square}=\frac{diagonal^2}{2}=2$$.

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A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of diameter 2. Which of the following can be the area of the rectangle?

I. 0.01
II. 2.00
III. 3.20

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. II and III only

Look at the diagram below:

If the width of blue rectangle is small enough then its area could be 0.01.

Generally, the are of the inscribed rectangle is more than 0 and less than or equal to the area of the inscribed square (inscribed square has the largest area from all rectangles that can be inscribed in a given circle).

Now, since the area of the inscribed square in a circle with the diameter of 2 is 2, then the area of the inscribed rectangle is $$0<area\leq{2}$$. So, I and II are possible values of the area. (Else you can notice that the area of the circle is $$\pi{r^2}=\pi\approx{3.14}$$ and the area of the inscribed rectangle cannot be greater than that, so III is not possible)

The link to the figure is not working/missing...

Did you mean something like this? (See the attached figure)

We can make the area of the inscribed rectangle as close as possible to 0, when for example the length is getting closer, and closer to the diameter, while the width is getting closer and closer to 0.

The maximum area can be obtained when the height of the right triangle, which is half of the rectangle and it is inscribed in the half circle, is equal to the radius of the circle. In this case, the rectangle becomes a square.
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The link to the figure is not working/missing...

It should be visible now.
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Thanks Bunuel...I missed this problem because of a silly mistake. <sad> Thanks again.
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A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of diameter 2. Which of the following can be the area of the rectangle?

If the circle has a diameter of 2, then it's radius is 1 so it's area is pi*1^2 or simply pi. Pi is equal to 3.1415. A a rectangle of .01 or 2.0 could fit inside this circle but not a rectangle with an area larger than the circle.

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I. 0.01
II. 2.00
III. 3.20

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Rectangle could be a square in this problem? The correct answer is still D, but I'm just curious
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Rectangle could be a square in this problem? The correct answer is still D, but I'm just curious

Yes, because all squares are rectangles.
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