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This involves nothing more than areas of right angled
triangles, using the symmetry in the diagram, and sines, cos's and
tan's.
Well done M.S. Ezzeri Esa from Cambridge Tutors College,
Croydon and thank you for this solution.
Let radius = r; \angle AOD = \angle BOD = \alpha
Area ADBO = 2 ({1\over 2 }r^2 \sin \alpha) = r^2 \sin
\alpha
Area ABO = {1\over 2}r^2 \sin 2\alpha = r^2 \sin \alpha
\cos \alpha
Area ACBO = 2({1\over 2}r^2 \tan \alpha) = r^2 \tan
\alpha
(Area ABO). (Area ACBO) = r^2 \sin \alpha \cos \alpha\ .\
r^2 \tan \alpha = r^4 \sin^2 \alpha ={\rm (Area ADBO)}^2.
The area of ADBO is the geometric mean of the areas of ABO
and ACBO
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