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AMC 8 2005 Problem 23

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July 23, 2011
geometrygeometric transformationreflection

Problem Statement

Isosceles right triangle ABC ABC encloses a semicircle of area 2π 2\pi. The circle has its center O O on hypotenuse AB \overline{AB} and is tangent to sides AC \overline{AC} and BC \overline{BC}. What is the area of triangle ABC ABC?
[asy]defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));pair a=(4,4), b=(0,0), c=(0,4), d=(4,0), o=(2,2); draw(circle(o, 2)); clip(a--b--c--cycle); draw(a--b--c--cycle); dot(o); label("CC", c, NW); label("AA", a, NE); label("OO", o, SE); label("BB", b, SW);[/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 6<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 8<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 3π<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 10<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 4π <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 6\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 8\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 3\pi\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 10\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 4\pi