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Praet,

Could you please repost it I guess there is a pb ...


repost? ok, this might work...

https://www.manhattangmat.com/index.cfm?cid=11&sethome=1

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Thanks Praet,

Same method, same pain...

Answer is 7/5 after some nice plays with isoceles

Took me 9 mn...
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Knowing this theorem can help a lot:
The opposite angles of quadrilaterals in circles are equal to two right angles.

If you complete the quadrilateral YCAX, then according to above theorem, ang YXC + ang YCA = 180

so,ang yca = 180-105=75

Another theorem to remember:
Angle at the centre is double the angle at the circumference if the angles have the same circumference as base.

Based on the above thm, ang YBA is double of the ang YCA.
So, ang YBA = 150

So ang YBC=180-150=30

Area of arc ybc = 0.5*r^2*pi/6

since 30 deg = pi/6

Area below = 0.5*r^2*pi/6 + pi*r^2/8

Area above = 0.5*r^2*5*pi/6 - pi*r^2/8

so ration above/below=7/5






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This is one of Akamai's .. nice one...

https://www.manhattangmat.com

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EDITED: anish, Manhattan gmat sells the archives of these questions. We may not want to be in copyright trouble :) thats why we usually only post the link, not the problem.
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yes, the answer is indeed 7/5. go to the website to see the legend akamai's explanation. thanks all :-)



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