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Part of 2010 AMC 8

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2010 AMC 8 - Problem 23 - The ratio of areas

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5/30/2011
Semicircles POQPOQ and ROSROS pass through the center of circle OO. What is the ratio of the combined areas of the two semicircles to the area of circle OO? [asy] import graph; size(7.5cm); real lsf=0.5; pen dps=linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); pen ds=black; real xmin=-6.27,xmax=10.01,ymin=-5.65,ymax=10.98; draw(circle((0,0),2)); draw((-3,0)--(3,0),EndArrow(6)); draw((0,-3)--(0,3),EndArrow(6)); draw(shift((0.01,1.42))*xscale(1.41)*yscale(1.41)*arc((0,0),1,179.76,359.76)); draw(shift((-0.01,-1.42))*xscale(1.41)*yscale(1.41)*arc((0,0),1,-0.38,179.62)); draw((-1.4,1.43)--(1.41,1.41)); draw((-1.42,-1.41)--(1.4,-1.42)); label("P(1,1) P(-1,1) ",(-2.57,2.17),SE*lsf); label("Q(1,1) Q(1,1) ",(1.55,2.21),SE*lsf); label("R(1,1) R(-1,-1) ",(-2.72,-1.45),SE*lsf); label("S(1,1)S(1,-1)",(1.59,-1.49),SE*lsf); dot((0,0),ds); label("OO",(-0.24,-0.35),NE*lsf); dot((1.41,1.41),ds); dot((-1.4,1.43),ds); dot((1.4,-1.42),ds); dot((-1.42,-1.41),ds); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); [/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 24<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 12<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 2π<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 23<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 22 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \frac{\sqrt 2}4 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \frac 12 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \frac{2}{\pi} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \frac{2}{3}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \frac{\sqrt 2}{2}
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