A circle with an inscribed square - can you find the area of the square?

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  • @SeanKennedy-b4o
    @SeanKennedy-b4o 20 днів тому +1

    I find the negative comments regarding this man’s explanations condescending. Sure.. be proud if you wish to be for solving in seconds, but keep your thoughts to yourself. The explanations in this video and others are exactly right for me to help out my grand children advance. My congratulations.

  • @gavindeane3670
    @gavindeane3670 Місяць тому +6

    A couple of ways...
    The diagonal of the square = the diameter of the circle = 8
    From a bit of Pythagoras (or from knowing that the sine and cosine of 45 degrees is 1/√2), the diagonal of a square is √2 × the side length, so the side length is 8/√2
    So area = (8/√2)² = 64/2 = 32
    Or...
    Drawing the diagonal of the square makes two triangles, each with base length = diameter of the circle = 8 and triangle height = radius = 4.
    Triangle area = ½ × base × height = ½×8×4 = 16. But we have two such triangles so total area = 16+16 = 32.

    • @robertstuart6645
      @robertstuart6645 Місяць тому +1

      Your first way of solving is the simplest, most straightforward way of solving the problem. I essentially solved the problem that way, except I converted 8 to "2 cubed," divided by sort. 2, then squared what was left.

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Місяць тому +1

      @@robertstuart6645 Interesting. I think I found the second way simpler. In my head I didn't actually do ½×base×height and then double it. I just did base×height.

    • @petersearls4443
      @petersearls4443 Місяць тому

      @@gavindeane3670how about this solution.
      An easy way to calculate it is as follows.
      1. Draw two diagonals creating 4 small triangles.
      2. Label the top edge of the square C and the two legs of the small triangle, A and B.
      3. We know that A=4. B=4
      4. Using a^2 + b^2 = c^2
      5. 4^2 + 4^2 = c^2 = 32
      6. We also know that c^2 is the area of the square. Area = 32.

  • @arthurcrown3063
    @arthurcrown3063 Місяць тому +1

    Sides are x, diagonal of square =8; For the triangle x^2 +x^2 = 8^2; 2x^2 = 8^2; x^2 = 32, area of square. Done.

  • @tamjarvie6021
    @tamjarvie6021 Місяць тому +12

    Area of triangle = .5 x base x height = 4 x4 x2 = 32

    • @panlomito
      @panlomito Місяць тому

      You mixed up some things...
      Area of triangle Atr = ½ . base . height with base = 2 . r = 2 . 4 = 8 and height = r = 4
      So Atr = ½ . 8 . 4 = 4 . 4 = 16 (not 32)
      But the area of the square is asked with Asq = 2 . Atr = 2 . 16 = 32

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 Місяць тому +3

    32 squ. in about 10 seconds in my head. It's a circumscribed square, so finding the area of one the right triangles made by drawing lines from the center to a corner of the square is easy enough. Actually, the area is 2r², where r is the radius of the circle.

  • @hexbinoban6170
    @hexbinoban6170 Місяць тому

    2 x radius = the diameter of the circle = 8
    The diameter of the circle = one of the 2 diagonals of the square = 8
    The diagonal split the square in 2 congruent right angle triangles with angles 45° 45° 90° --->
    1 : 1 :√2
    given :
    Hypotenuse = 8
    Calculate the other side --> 8 / √2 since it's a 45° 45° 90° with the sides ratio of 1 : 1 : √2
    the length of the sides are 8 / √2 : 8 / √2 : 8
    The area of a square is side x side = (8 / √2 ) x (8 / √2) = (8 / √2 )² = (64 / 2) = 32 some square units

  • @chrisdissanayake6979
    @chrisdissanayake6979 Місяць тому +5

    Let’s draw 2 lines, each joining the opposite corners of the square, passing through the center of the circle.
    Then, the square has 4 right angled triangles inside it.
    Each of the right angled triangle has two equal sides of 4 units each.
    In a right angled triangle,
    a^2+b^2= c^2,
    where a and b are two sides and c is the hypotenuse.
    a = b = 4
    So, a^2 = 4^2= 16
    b^2 = 4^2 = 16
    a^2+b^2= 16+16=32
    Therefore, c^2=32
    c = each side of the square
    Area of the square = c^2 = 32 units.

    • @dottymansfield832
      @dottymansfield832 Місяць тому

      Parse que
      c = 32^(1/2)

    • @pippodeclown
      @pippodeclown Місяць тому

      I thought of this first as well. 🤓

    • @scout13fox
      @scout13fox Місяць тому

      That's the way I did it too! I think it's simpler and more elegant.

  • @panlomito
    @panlomito Місяць тому +3

    This one is really easy again... rule of Pythagoras a² + b² = c² with for the square a=b
    so the area of the square A = a² and diagonal of the square c = 2r = 8
    a² + a² = 8² so 2a² = 64 and a² = 64/2 = 32 and that is the area of the square.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 Місяць тому +1

      Very abstract. Good one.

    • @jimkoss3318
      @jimkoss3318 Місяць тому +1

      Yes! Don’t even need to know the sides.

  • @JoLowden-oz9no
    @JoLowden-oz9no Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for the videos. You are awesome at explaining everything.

  • @petersearls4443
    @petersearls4443 Місяць тому

    An easy way to calculate it is as follows.
    1. Draw two diagonals creating 4 small triangles.
    2. Label the top edge of the square C and the two legs of the small triangle, A and B.
    3. We know that A=4. B=4
    4. Using a^2 + b^2 = c^2
    5. 4^2 + 4^2 = c^2 = 32
    6. We also know that c^2 is the area of the square. Area = 32.

  • @dazartingstall6680
    @dazartingstall6680 Місяць тому +1

    Come to think of it, if we draw two diagonals we have four right-angled triangles, each with base 4 and height 4, so:
    4(2 × 4) = 32

  • @Ayelmar
    @Ayelmar Місяць тому

    At the thumbnail, solved in my head, haven't gone back to check on paper or with calculator, I think the answer is 32 units.
    My thinking:
    The radius of the circle is 4, so the diagonal of the inscribed square is twice that, 8.
    Working the Pythagorean theorem backwards for a triangle forming half the square, and plugging 8 in for C, we get c^2 = 64.
    A^2 and B^2 are each half of C^2, or 32.
    We could then get the square root of 32 for A & B, which would be 5.?????, but htis isn't necessary, since we can figure the area of the square as A * B, or in this case A^2 or B^2 since they're equivalten, so the result takes us back to 32.

  • @blitzkrieg316
    @blitzkrieg316 Місяць тому

    You did this way more complex than needed... Radius is 4. We know it's a square so the radius can be rotated 90° making a nice right angle triangle with the hypotenuse set up as X = 4x4 + 4x4. Root 32 is ~5.66 making the answer 32... Took me 20 seconds

    • @xzxz214
      @xzxz214 Місяць тому

      Why so long, I needed 5 secs.

  • @gregwork49
    @gregwork49 Місяць тому

    The consensus seems to be that this solution was much simpler for the class than Mr. M expected it to be. Agreed. Before the presentation was finished I began exploring the difference between total area of the circle and the square, easy enough. 50.272 - 32 = 18.272. Then the ratio, which will be constant, and the circumference. Child's play so far, right? Now wondering what is the area between the intersections of one side of the square and the arc between them. Does this require calculus?
    And before anyone answers 18.272/4 = 4.568, that is not what I'm asking.
    ed: bad student here. I started from the rabbit hole we were told not to go down. 8/1.414 to solve for a or b.

  • @thomasharding1838
    @thomasharding1838 Місяць тому

    Divide the square into two triangles by bisecting it from corner to opposite corner. The bisect will pass through the center of the circle is a diameter and equals radius x 2 or 8 and it is the hippo of the new triangle. Square that to 64 and then half the 64 to 32 and since that 32 is the square of one of the sides of the triangle, it is the area of the square. As Pythagoras said 'The squaws of the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws of the other two hides.

  • @thegorillaguide
    @thegorillaguide Місяць тому

    This sound much more complicated than it is. Using the KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid) Here's the simplest explanation of the simplest solution -
    If a radius is drawn from the centre of the circle to each corner, the square becomes divided into four right-angle triangles each with two sides of 4. These can be simply rearranged into a rectangle with an area of 4 x 8. Job done.

  • @smylesg
    @smylesg Місяць тому

    New poster here. Anyone else impressed by the chalk dust on the board? Nice effect.

  • @ottonormalo4638
    @ottonormalo4638 17 днів тому

    What is the formula for the ratio between the radius of a circle and the side of an inscribed square?
    Is it side = r√2 ?

  • @hannahpreece3651
    @hannahpreece3651 5 днів тому

    Plus one for doing it the much faster area of a triangle way. Given that we know both the base and the height.

  • @Bizmyurt
    @Bizmyurt 24 дні тому

    Yeah I saw it directly and solved it from my head!

  • @dazartingstall6680
    @dazartingstall6680 Місяць тому +1

    Diagonal of the square = 2r = 8
    Let the side of the square be x and the area of the square be a.
    2x² = 8²
    2x² = 64
    x² = 32
    ∴ a = 32 units²

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 Місяць тому

      Very abstract. Good one.

    • @dazartingstall6680
      @dazartingstall6680 Місяць тому

      @@louf7178 Thank you, but it's just Pythagoras.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 Місяць тому +1

      @@dazartingstall6680 I see it plain as day now, but seems evasive as a chemical double reaction.

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Місяць тому

      ​@@dazartingstall6680It is just Pythagoras, but it rather neatly solves for x² directly, rather than getting to x² by solving for x first.

    • @dazartingstall6680
      @dazartingstall6680 Місяць тому +1

      @@gavindeane3670 On the other hand, I realised a while back that the half × base × height method yields a nice little proof. If we inscribe a circle within a square, and a second square within the circle, the outer square will always have twice the area of the inner.
      As noted elsewhere in the thread, the area of the inner square simplifies to the diameter × the radius.
      The area of the outer square is d × d
      We can restate that as 2 × r × d
      QED.

  • @danharold3087
    @danharold3087 Місяць тому

    The radius can be used as 2 known sides of a triangle with one side of the square being the 3rd.
    4² + 4² = side² 32 = side²
    we know that the area of a square is the side squared so we have the answer 32

  • @MrMousley
    @MrMousley Місяць тому

    If you draw a line from each corner of the square to the opposite corner
    you then have four triangle shapes that can simply be arranged to make two squares
    and these two squares are both 4 x 4 4 x 4 = 16 and 16 x 2 = 32
    The square has an area of 32 sq cm

  • @DavidRobinson-rj2sp
    @DavidRobinson-rj2sp Місяць тому

    Diameter = 8 = hypotenuse.
    Square so bisected angles are 45.
    8 Cos 45 = 4 root 2.
    4 root 2 squared = 32.
    Using COS is quicker.

  • @Janie-y6e
    @Janie-y6e Місяць тому

    I got it correct 4 sides x 8 diameter = 32. Radius is 1/2 of a diameter, thus 2 radii =8. That is how i figured it out. Did i work it the right way?

  • @pandurangaraonimmagadda9966
    @pandurangaraonimmagadda9966 Місяць тому

    Diameter=8= diagonol of square ,2a sqr=64,a sqr=32=Area ofsquare

  • @PaulCoomber-g7h
    @PaulCoomber-g7h Місяць тому +2

    Why, oh why, do these videos take so long to explain something so simple? The average high school student would solve problems like this in a few seconds. Why so much repetition and unnecessary verbiage? Does UA-cam reward such stuff?

  • @EjazNabi-l5f
    @EjazNabi-l5f Місяць тому

    This man has taken 12 minutes to explain something that any 14 year old should be able to do in 12 seconds on his head! Boy, maths lessons must be long in his school.

  • @abinam2255
    @abinam2255 Місяць тому +14

    Pssst .... too much talk and too much explanation causes confusion. You only needed about 2 minutes to adequately explain the method and solution.

    • @12baumarobi
      @12baumarobi Місяць тому +3

      For real, as soon as I looked at the thumbnail, I knew that since the radius is 4, the diameter is 8, then turn the square into two triangles, and the hypotenuse is 8. Then use Pythagrian Theorum to find the sides of the square. Side times side equals area of the square

    • @user-Orkb186-3
      @user-Orkb186-3 Місяць тому

      I did this in my head in about 30 seconds

    • @mjtunstall1976
      @mjtunstall1976 Місяць тому

      too easy and you are on track!

    • @debasismajumdar8634
      @debasismajumdar8634 Місяць тому

      In India it happens to be an oral exercise ( viva voce) and 12+ age children solve it in less than 30 seconds. What's a big deal? The r=4, d=8, being a square, just apply Pythagoras 2xsquare=64, so x square =32. Less than 30 seconds.

    • @lj6079
      @lj6079 Місяць тому

      Wow you guys are so clever, wtf are you watching this for

  • @johnleeson6946
    @johnleeson6946 Місяць тому +1

    I didn't even think of a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
    I got it this way:
    Since the other two angles are 45 degrees, I took the SINE of 45 degrees and multiplied it by 8 and got 5.65685..., squared it,and got 32. The COSINE works, too.
    Yep, overthinking a problem as usual...

    • @DanoshTech
      @DanoshTech Місяць тому +1

      Or you could just use multivariable calculus for the volume of solid revolution for the square and circle as both there functions are easy to determine (well the circles function is x^2+y^2=r^2 so x^2+y^2=16

  • @mn1233
    @mn1233 Місяць тому +1

    this looked complicated. the area of the triangle is 8*4/2 or 16 and the square has two triangles.

  • @KaB-d3n
    @KaB-d3n Місяць тому +2

    2r^2 should do it, unless I'm missing something.

    • @pippodeclown
      @pippodeclown Місяць тому

      you missed some school lessons?

    • @KaB-d3n
      @KaB-d3n Місяць тому

      ​@@pippodeclown I am sure I did. Let me explain my reasoning.
      r^2=4*4=16 This gives you a square area that covers half the area. If you want to visualize, you can draw it starting with one corner in the centre of the circle. Then half the r^2 square covers 1/4 of the target square. If you then cut the r^2 square diagonally and put the half that was outside inside the target square. You now cover half the target square. Now you have to multiply by two to get the answer.
      2x16=32
      So 2r^2 should always give you the largest square area you can put into a circle.

    • @pippodeclown
      @pippodeclown Місяць тому

      @@KaB-d3n Great one 😃

  • @markchapman9591
    @markchapman9591 Місяць тому

    Interesting, without all the complicated maths I thought a square that fits exactly inside a circle is half the area of the circle.
    Radius 4 or Diameter 8 x 3.14 ÷ 2
    Correct me if I'm wrong please.

  • @lunar-e.6620
    @lunar-e.6620 Місяць тому

    32 sq. units
    area = a²
    c = √a² + a²
    8 = a√2
    a = 5.6569
    Area, (5.6569)² = 32 qr. units

  • @rbpeirce
    @rbpeirce Місяць тому

    Rats! I used r to get 32 via the smaller triangle. D would have been so much easier.

  • @tomtke7351
    @tomtke7351 Місяць тому +2

    the square's CORNERS touch the circle. Therefore the square's DIAGONAL = 2r.
    A square's diagonal is 45° to its side. Therefore the 45/45/90 triangle has sides of ratio: 1/1/sqrt(2). Or the square's side
    = (1/sqrt(2))×Diagonal
    = (1/sqrt(2))×2R
    = (1/sqrt(2))×8
    Area of square
    = S × S
    = [(1/sqrt(2))×8]^2
    = (1/2)(64)
    = 32 units^2

  • @bobkrol5939
    @bobkrol5939 Місяць тому +1

    I did this problem differently. I multiplied COS 45 degrees * 8 and got 5.656 = length of one side. So I squared the to get the area of the square and got 31.9903. I don't have a scientific calculator, but know the SIN or COS of a 45 degree angle is approximately 0.707. So, my answer is essentially the same, and was easy.

  • @gopherspace8571
    @gopherspace8571 Місяць тому

    OMG great lesson 👍
    Wow 😂 thanks Mr J 👍👏🙏💪😎🌎

  • @leetucker9938
    @leetucker9938 Місяць тому +5

    I want a smile face sticker

    • @stephena1196
      @stephena1196 Місяць тому

      I've been thinking of drawing it on a T shirt, including A+++ and the ticks.

  • @markchapman9591
    @markchapman9591 Місяць тому

    If I'm correct that means a square that fits exactly around the circle will be double the area of the square inside the circle.

  • @russelllomando8460
    @russelllomando8460 Місяць тому

    got 32 Diam (Hypot) = 8 Pyth is 64 = 2X^2 so 32 = X^2 so side = sqrt 32 so B x H = 32 thanks for the fun

  • @donaldnorton3502
    @donaldnorton3502 Місяць тому

    Radius(sqRoot2)×Radius(SqRoot2)=32

  • @Citizen-pg8eu
    @Citizen-pg8eu Місяць тому

    Sin (45 degrees) x hypotenuse

  • @philbrooke-little7082
    @philbrooke-little7082 Місяць тому +3

    I did half base x height for area of one triangular half of square so half 8=4 height is radius too so 4 so half the square is 4x4=16 add the other half also 16 so tot area 32

    • @dazartingstall6680
      @dazartingstall6680 Місяць тому

      A nice reminder that we don't need to automatically reach for Pythagoras when we see a right-angle triangle. I like this.

  • @davoblahblah
    @davoblahblah Місяць тому

    Draw a diagonal and you've got two trangles with a base of 8 and a height of 4 ...

  • @carstenlarsen8144
    @carstenlarsen8144 Місяць тому +2

    diameter in the square = 8, means the ara must be 64/2....= 32
    why show us all the s a unness math ?
    like reputation of being a gig-fessor ?
    take the easy problems and make them diiiiiificult.

  • @terryurquhart2413
    @terryurquhart2413 Місяць тому

    Cos 45 x 8 = 5.6568
    Ans squared = 32

  • @leetucker9938
    @leetucker9938 Місяць тому

    ((32)power 1/2)power2) = 32 power 1 , 32 units squared

  • @johnkashka803
    @johnkashka803 Місяць тому

    I just made 4 right triangles bxh/2 then multiply times 4

  • @ceeemm1901
    @ceeemm1901 Місяць тому

    Dang! I got 31.99....I used too many decimal places. Mr Mathman is that still a pass??

  • @fred_2021
    @fred_2021 Місяць тому

    A=((2r)^2)/2

  • @akbarak3031
    @akbarak3031 Місяць тому

    S=32

  • @markchapman9591
    @markchapman9591 Місяць тому

    Area of square 25.12

  • @rodfulford4306
    @rodfulford4306 Місяць тому

    32

  • @josephlaura7387
    @josephlaura7387 Місяць тому

    32sq.units

  • @Surreal_Wizard
    @Surreal_Wizard Місяць тому

    I come up with thirty two.

  • @MichaelEastman-e8v
    @MichaelEastman-e8v Місяць тому

    16+16=32

  • @markchapman9591
    @markchapman9591 Місяць тому

    Sorry 12.56😊

  • @JoeA1974
    @JoeA1974 Місяць тому

    I got 32.0096

  • @benfranz5812
    @benfranz5812 Місяць тому +2

    I like that you are challenging people to use their brains to solve problems but I have never been able to watch a single one of your videos to the end. The condescending style is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Is it really necessary to talk to your audience as if they are 6 years old?

    • @terry_willis
      @terry_willis Місяць тому +1

      I change video speed to 2X and it is still very understandable. So half the regular time. It's like removing a band-aid by pulling it off quickly. Doesn't hurt as much.

    • @davidloveday8473
      @davidloveday8473 Місяць тому

      Maybe you're not the target audience

  • @t.s.maheswaran6494
    @t.s.maheswaran6494 Місяць тому

    This channel is famous for too much talk for even mental sums....ask him to show three sums in one lot !

  • @EliasVelazquez-t9g
    @EliasVelazquez-t9g Місяць тому

    Please share to the point. Too much yak!

  • @clivewilliams3661
    @clivewilliams3661 Місяць тому

    I lost the will to live after just 1 minute. I do hope the narrator doesn't teach maths anywhere because his students will be old men by the time he gets to a testable level.

  • @SeanKennedy-b4o
    @SeanKennedy-b4o 20 днів тому

    I find the negative comments regarding this man’s explanations condescending. Sure.. be proud if you wish to be for solving in seconds, but keep your thoughts to yourself. The explanations in this video and others are exactly right for me to help out my grand children advance. My congratulations.

  • @sekharb6651
    @sekharb6651 Місяць тому

    32

  • @NormanFarr
    @NormanFarr Місяць тому

    32

  • @saurendranathkonar5839
    @saurendranathkonar5839 Місяць тому

    32

  • @MattStMarie-bm5sq
    @MattStMarie-bm5sq 6 днів тому

    32