Thread: Finding minimum area

In the figure in the attachment, AB diameter of a semicircle of radius 1 m. For what value of angle x is the shaded area is minimum ?


I would be grateful if any body coud help me.

Link is bad.

The area is:
area of the half circle + area of triangle - 2 * area of sector missing


Minimize this.

Thanks for the idea but why did you calculate areas like that?

Originally Posted by hejmh

Thanks for the idea but why did you calculate areas like that?

You can calculate areas any way you want. This is just one possible way.
No matter how you calculate the area (as long as it is correct) it will give you the right answer.

ok regarding your idea area should be like this (¶*(1^2))/2 + (1^2).tan(x)/2 - (2.1.x)/2

Originally Posted by hejmh

ok regarding your idea area should be like this (¶*(1^2))/2 + (1^2).tan(x)/2 - (2.1.x)/2

Yes correct, I have make the corrections in the post above.