2 Circles 1 Square

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I hope you guys like this one, and the several others I have on this page!

[@mikesmith-fw9nc]

I was never good at maths. But this was a delight to watch.

[@vitorstreetboys]

for me is because is not me doing the hard work

[@ast-og-losta]

If your following it and understand, your head and shoulders above most everyone else. Kudos to you;)

[@mccrafterr]

I hate doing math but i love watching other people do math xD

[@listerofsmeg884]

I didn't mind maths , but I could never get my head around rearranging equations

[@y.o.2478]

It's also extremely basic

[@MattBottomly]

I am 30+ years out of algebra, and just stumbled across this in my feed and I still watched the whole thing. That was a terrific explanation. Good teaching and very clear.

[@rnburley]

not going to lie, I have forgotten 90% of this.

[@bobbuilder3414]

Still i doesn't 😢 understand

[@BlackDreaded]

You were so bad at algebra that you failed to understand this is geometry 😋

[@doudi0101]

​@@bobbuilder3414 what exactly didn't you understand, I can explain to you

[@Joys_funclub]

same here

[@WALTERRIFIC]

You lost me after “hey guys”, but I watched the whole thing.

[@South_Van_Ilse_MTB]

holy shit, exact sme experience!!!!

[@Ambettertenu]

Same

[@LovelyMacawBird-mj7bi]

Why tho???

[@GhPuiu]

Well, now I know why this video was recommended to me

[@prasheinranaweera276]

same

[@qwelqwdjln123]

Just out of 7 years of engineering education and watching these videos reminded me of why I chose to follow this path at the first place. Don't forget guys we are not machines enjoy yourselves

[@imad7x]

Who's we here

[@farrel_ra]

​@@imad7xengineer

[@anshikarana7476]

@@imad7x That's a valid question.

[@leightonrud66]

Engineers don't do this though. Calculators and a tape measure is all you'd need for any measurements.

[@saaheb085]

​@@imad7x, we = x

[@rilijn]

I love the logic in math. When I saw the thumbnail, I couldn’t fathom a way to calculate that. 3 min and 34 seconds later it totally makes sense and it’s not even difficult math. Just logic and reasoning. Right on man!

[@mkbismuth829]

x=10 is actually a fairly reasonable result, it just refers to the square which is bounded by the upper arcs of the two circles (not by their lower arcs like the original case we are dealing with) ..

[@abhisheknanda85]

This is precisely what I love about math. The equations end up encoding all cases that fit the constraints used in the deductions.

[@vitec_dev3659]

You are blowing my mind

[@hammy2737]

sorry what do you mean bounded by upper arcs?

[@Wyvern07_]

​@@hammy2737I'm also wondering this

[@mkbismuth829]

@@hammy2737 I mean with x=2 , the square is in touch with the outer surfaces of the two circles but with x=10 the square is touching the inner surfaces of the circles

[@Frekspete]

Excellent work! I think another way of looking at it is to determine that the half lengths of the square is x/2, and by using the line you drew for the triangle you would quickly find that y actually is 5 - x/2, thus making the equation being: (5 - x/2)squared + (5-x) squared = 5 squared.

[@alifahmed9309]

Yap, this approach is much easier.

[@neopearl23]

Brilliant! Didn't think of it that way...

[@knotwilg3596]

That's how I solved it too: apply symmetry, then Pythagoras, then solve a quadratic equation.

[@shreyasmore07]

Yup I solved it like this itself😊

[@daoudsammy9716]

Yep ✨✨✨

[@NOTaYOUTUBERRR]

Me at 2am for no reason

[@muneebtahir4739]

I'm literally watching this at 2 am 💀

[@NOTaYOUTUBERRR]

Replying at 2am

[@Zandezz.]

Wow. I love how this used such simple math in combination to solve a bigger problem

[@raidzeromatt]

Yeah it was in my suggested videos and I just laughed watching him write the steps down Last time I did geometry like this was in 8th grade so it would've taken me a minute to put all those pieces together

[@PLF...]

thats pretty much the point of math

[@Flqmmable]

@@raidzeromatt oH mY. you are sooo special!

[@ZiyaB3ast]

​@@raidzeromatti knew how to do all the steps too, but you have to be creative and intuitive enough to discover what should be done here. You should of tried the problem on your own first if you're that smart

[@raidzeromatt]

@@ZiyaB3ast If you know Pythagorean and implicit functions it's just connect the dots Definitely would've taken me a minute to solve but it's not like you're being asked to find the rectangle with the largest area that will fit in that space Geometry doesn't suck until you learn derivatives

[@nmaogs]

A simpler solution (what I did) is to draw a perpendicular from the base to the point where the circles meet, so y = 5 - x/2. Then the Pythagoras and quadratic method is just the same but there’s only one variable

[@nicholasfactor]

This is what i originally did in my head it’s so much simpler.

[@ValiTanasi]

Exactly how I thought of it too

[@sebastianmenconi6853]

That's how I solved by head yep

[@shoaibakhtar2476]

How bro ? 😊

[@karlacvalencia2409]

Could you explain it with more details? I didnt understand why /2

[@rjayme5]

For a general solution, using: "r" for Radius; "L" for lenght of the square side; the triangle drawn at 00:26, Use sin^2+cos^2=1. Sin=(r-L/2)/r ; Cos=(r-L)/r. Solving for L, you get a 2nd degree equation in which the solutions are 2r and 2r/5. As you know the side L is smaller than R, the only valid answer is 2r/5. For radius=5, L becomes 2, thus the Area (L²) = 4.

[@Vissou]

00:38 you mean + it’s good to precise for readers that you are talking about the angle at the center of the circle of this said right triangle

[@SH1N]

Ffs thank you, way shorter

[@maboh5622]

ok, but why didn’t you use x …lol

[@rjayme5]

I feel L and r are more representative in this case, but you can use any variable you like. However, if you must always use X when solving implicit problems, I have some bad news for you… 😅

[@johnnechaev1550]

@@rjayme5 😂duuude😂

[@Dhairyasheel192]

This is why i always loved maths!!! Its logic always felt almost magical! Like anything can be explained and solved with Mathematics!!

[@HoSza1]

Choose a coordinate system such that its origin is at the center of the bottom edge of the red square, y and x axes point towards up and to the right respectively. Since the top right corner (x,y) is on the circle we can write (x-r)²+(y-r)²=r² and if that point (and its mirror image on the other circle) would be moved a bit on the circle, it would distort the red square into a rectangle. The only way it will remain square is when y=2x. Substitute y into the equation of the circle and solve for x: (x-r)²+(2x-r)²=r². x²-2rx+r²+4x²-4rx+r²=r². 5x²-6rx+r²=0. Solutions: x=r and x=r/5. Reject the first and the area is A=2xy=4x²=4r²/25=4

[@MouhibBayounes]

That's how i found it 😂

[@TheGamingPalace123]

Bruhh😥😥my brain cells are gonna diyy💀💀💀

[@LEONLOVESMUSIC]

​@@TheGamingPalace123don't worry it's not that hard! Trust me.

[@sutirthjha4539]

​@@TheGamingPalace123maybe you haven't studied coordinate geometry yet, otherwise it is pretty easy

[@pikminman13]

While I didn’t get the answer, I was trying to do it in my head, and this was my approach. I just missed one step.

[@sosven1115]

I like this reference in the title

[@Solotocius]

Trauma

[@KatzRool]

no

[@protaeruayjing98]

Yes

[@arpit2859]

Anyone wants chocolate ice cream?

[@protaeruayjing98]

@@arpit2859 👯🥤🎱💩💩

[@zmchenaustin]

Came here for the title, still waiting for the joke

[@martnava1661]

2 circles, one square walk into a bar. the square hits his head on the bar and says ouch the circle rolls around on the floor laughing

[@ProjectileGrommet]

Two circles go to the bar without a square He’s never a round

[@azDanqs]

2g 1c

[@phineasferb9128]

the fact that females are represented as circles in pedigrees makes this even funnier

[@mrhankey20]

I haven't done this since high school over 20 years ago but I was able to keep up with you and it all made sense. Well done!

[@marcusambler3543]

At 1:03 , we can define 5 + 5 = 2y + x , which gives us y = 5 - x/2 From here, you can use this result in Pythagoras, (5-x)^2 + (5 - x/2)^2 = 5^2 leading to a straightforward simplification of a quadratic giving the same results as you, 10 and 2. Personally I think this method is easier as you don’t have to deal with y, since you already know what it is, and it is quicker. Although, we all get the same answer in the end.

[@vincevd]

Used this solution aswell, think it's the most straight forward

[@varun9733]

Could you explain further please I didn't get it like how did you come up with 5+5 = 2y+x like did you took the radius and length of square or like what?

[@BocusVeLucy]

@@varun97331:52

[@varun9733]

​@@BocusVeLucy So it's the same theory alright.

[@craigauty8874]

My issue is when he gets to the quadratic equation he says just factor it, it's -10 and -2. That's fine in this simple example but just use the quadratic formula as your proof.

[@disparato]

I'm 44 years old, Maths was my subject in school and this came in my feed, I watch the whole thing and was genuinely rivetted. Andy you are a gift my friend

[@ratedaron]

Lair 🤮

[@youcefsiouda]

​@@ratedaron No, math is cool 😎

[@rawbeefking866]

@@ratedaronmath is the best subject

[@zaidtalib4513]

@@ratedaron nice spelling bro

[@TestTubeBaba]

​​@@ratedaron Lair. Yup. Get inside the one you emerged from.

[@mcc-us]

I always find the little tricks used to determine side lengths so fun. Good Job!

[@beatrix4519]

that was exciting! I no longer have the brain for hard math stuff like this but watching people solve problems like this is very fun thanks for bringing some joy to my night

[@peterboneg]

To understand why it's a whole number, note that the triangle you formed first is the 5,4,3 pythagorean triple. We just require that the hypotenuse minus the shorter side is twice the hypotenuse minus the longer side, which of course it is. 5-3 gives the edge of the square.

[@adamesd3699]

Yeah, that is much faster.

[@doormat1]

That was my thought. As soon as he did the 3,4,5 right triangle I was expecting a quick resolution. Then he did polynomial math and I was like wait, why?

[@hellowill]

@@doormat1 hard same. Reminds me of people that don't realise the hypotenuse on a 45-45-90 triangle is just x*√2.

[@Pawn-Sac]

how do you know its a 3-4-5 triangle though

[@happy_labs]

@@doormat1 He hadn't established it was a 3,4,5 triangle though. It's not obvious to me why that would be the case, although I'd imagine there is a geometry theorem that could have been called on to show that

[@cy4n_knight_q8]

It's really weird feeling that you enjoy looking at math being solved while not the biggest fan of math. Kinda miss when I used to solve those in college

[@dipanshumaini8331]

I wish we had teachers like him in our school days . Simple explanation, to the point without any complexity 👏🏻

[@lpi3]

Every teacher is exactly like him. You was too small to understand

[@yureino]

Dont blame the teacher, you were just not paying attention.

[@Sara-ts2pf]

he's explaining what he's doing in the most plain way possible... this is like the most baseline "teaching" ever, there's not much learning of things you can apply to other problems here (i.e strategies for setting up your solution)

[@juanospitia]

Dude, if your teacher actually explained like that, you'd DESPISE them

[@matthewbowers88]

Even though I just watched you do it, I still dont know how you did it. I'm slowly starting to understand bits. You're significantly better than any teacher I ever had.

[@dielaughing73]

Im not sure how i feel about the title of this video

[@caseygreen1475]

bro 💀

[@gr4n737]

CAMER HERE TO FIND SOMEONE POINTING THIS OUT

[@deskasandreas4504]

😅😅😅😅

[@nayanverma6096]

😂

[@raghav3914]

You reminded me of my childhood. Those were some of the most tensed moment preparing for competitive exams.

[@guyosborn615]

Thank you for being so much quicker than many of the fun maths channels (though i do rate Numberphile too). Subscribed.

[@tiano9200]

Bro that was insane. Keep it up, love math.

[@handledav]

2 Circles 1 Square

[@dot-ln7jc]

lmao

[@theonewhocaredandasked9126]

2 gi-

[@Schadock_Magpie]

You can also put the origin at the center of the bottom side of the red square and look at the coordinate of top right corner, we have: 1) y=2x from the square 2) (x-5)²+(y-5)²=5² from the right circle equation Putting 1 into 2, we get : (x-5)²+(2x-5)²=25 that give 5x² - 30x + 25 = 0 and then x² - 6x + 5 = 0. 1 is pretty obvious as a root, so it factor in (x-1)(x-5)=0 and since x=5m doesn't fit we have x=1 Right half of red square is 1*2=2m² so answer is 4m² It avoid a bunch of square roots and pythagore

[@gregjones4870]

Your mathematical reasoning is sound. Thank you!

[@pedro92073]

Exactly what I thought. I am surprised I can still easily do an exercise like this.

[@hentype]

I did the same starting with a cartesian coordinate and deriving y=2x.

[@Yue-vh5zg]

Why are you using coordinates in a problem solving problem? Also is it just me or coordinates are far too complicated for its simple concept?

[@asifmorshed9956]

​@@hentypeactually i didn't understand the Y=2X part.... Can you explain a bit?

[@solidUntilLiquidBeforeGas]

Really enjoyed this video, Andy - awesome! I had to roll up my sleeves, brush off engineering degree from decades ago and give it a shot! I happened to solve it with a much simpler approach. If the x-y axis is drawn right between the circles and at the bottom of the circles. Equation of the circle (x-5)^2 + (y-5)^2 = 25 must satisfy the point (a/2, a) on it, where "a" is the side of the square. Plugging this point into the equation for circle and solving for "a" will lead to same two values Andy reached (10 and 2). Bam!

[@thomasvanassche7108]

I did it like this as well, but it became painfully clear how long ago it was i last took a math course. About 20 highschool algebra mistakes later, i got there though ;)

[@haydenhuss8758]

You just blew my mind, man. I freakin’ love math!

[@RunstarHomer]

I solved it by considering the horizontal line at the bottom to be the x-axis, and the vertical line between the two circles to be the y-axis, so that half of the red square is in the first quadrant. Then the top right vertex of the square can be the point (x,y). x is half the side length of the square and y is the whole side length, so we have y=2x. Substituting this into the equation of the right circle (x-5)^2+(y-5)^2 = 25 yields a quadratic that can be solved yielding x=1 and x=5, the former corresponding to a square with side length 2 and area 4.

[@rizwansmazum9476]

You suprise me in every video

[@user-gp6vf9lu4k]

I love ❤

[@user-gp6vf9lu4k]

Don't you Like

[@erinc9672]

Sooooo gooooddddd!!! Great explanation, so simple, thank you! We had fun with this as a family 😊

[@adammarley5616]

This was delightful to watch. Keep it up!

[@Kingsidthesloth]

This dude made it wayyyy more complicated than it needs to be

[@TheBiomedZed]

please share how you would do it simply

[@logitech4873]

​@@TheBiomedZedliterally just measure it with a ruler

[@Kingsidthesloth]

@@TheBiomedZed the square Is equal on all sides so if we find one side we find them all. anyway the circle is 5 meters in its radius so is you put another line the same length vertical against the square you can pretty much tell that the square is only about 2/5 the height of 5meters meaning that the square is 2 by 2. 2x2=4 so the answer is 4 squared I hope this helped

[@mums_poop_sock]

​@@Kingsidtheslothnope it's 5m squared. The square fits between the two circles with perfect symmetry because the circles are the same size right? So the circle touches the square at the 'half way point' between centre and the bottom which means it's half the radius so 2.5m height

[@Kingsidthesloth]

@@mums_poop_sock I like your theory but if you watch the whole vid the answer is four squared he just did it a different way than I did

[@krabkrabkrab]

Try the equation for circle with origin at the lower point of a square that encapsulates the circle. The equation is (x-5)^2+(y-5)^2=25. But from the small square, you also know that at the point of contact of that square with the circle, y=2x. Simultaneous solution is x=1,y=2 or x=5,y=10. If x=1, then y=2, it is the square's side, so area is 4.

[@jamello29]

This is the solution I used, took me a minute to get there though!

[@_Nulupu]

Esattamente. 1 minuto. Cambio di riferimento nell'equazione del cerchio. Change of reference system. Change is always good😊

[@miatansen7640]

This brought back so many memories from high school math coaching classes

[@ammarkhan6883]

I love that slight smirk throught the entire video.

[@SAlam-bo3ww]

beautiful problem, your passion is infectious! lovely video

[@10054]

Video title is genius.

[@Windex314]

I love watching your videos. High school me would’ve devoured these problems but now I have so many things to think about that I can’t even focus and think properly. Yay age.

[@lawrencelawsen6824]

Excellent! I love this channel!

[@shabirparwaz]

This video made me feel good about myself. It has been more than 15 years since I graduated high school, but basic algebra still sticks with me and this is exactly the solution I would’ve gone with. Thanks for a delightful video.

[@PSYCH_IITR]

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[@gabrieliordache296]

Actually, if you consider the x=10 as a possible solution, you can see that it leads to another square, which has a side along the horizontal line to which both circles are tangent, but now the square is made by the whole distance between the tangent points, and the two diameters. If you imagine the two radii in each circle moving, the two solutions reflect the two possible perfect squares which can be built so that a side is along the tangent (horizontal line): one when the x is 2 and one when the x is 10.

[@jama211]

So cool!

[@outerlast]

oh nice

[@indiankid8601]

But then y will become 0. But we know that y is not zero. It is already defined so x cannot be 10. That's just a coincidential solution not real solution

[@Vaisaakh_Nagra]

Bro u are making a square under the table, that doesn't make sense, the square is above the table or horizontal

[@cithria583]

@indiankid8601 When they say solution, they are talking about solution to the quadratic equation, not the solution to the entire problem. You can use the exact same quadratic equation to solve two different problems, which is why it gives two different answers. They are only mentioning it because this explains why it results in both x=2 and x=10, not because it is complete nonsense, but because it is the solution to a different problem.

[@rlittlefield2691]

Love your videos Andy!

[@austinpowersasmaozedong]

I REMEMBER THIS PROBLEM. It took an hour and I gave up afterwards but when you showed the part where the two radii adding up to 10 is directly on top (and therefore the same length as) the square + both the distances to its perpendicular radius it all made sense, what a wonderful treat

[@AnkitAye]

I did it through a bit of approximation. I drew an imaginary rectangle that encompasses both the circles from the outer side. Then I calculated the area of the rectangle which would be 200 meter squared, and the area of circles combined which would be π×(r)^2 = 158 (π value approx 3.14...taken so 157+a small value considered to be 1) , then we get the empty area in the rectangle without the circles which is 200-158= 42. Now if you have imagined the rectangle you already know that there are 6 different empty spaces in the figure and the ones in the corners are half of the ones in the middle. So in total there are 8 spaces as such and the ones we want are the two in the bottom centre, so 8/2 = 4, and 42/4 = 10.5 Then through extreme approximation just by looking at the figure and assuming that the square is surrounded by three triangles and a little excess curved area we can come to the conclusion that the square is about 2 triangles in area + 3 surrounding triangles + excess area, which would be 5 triangles in total and a little excess area(0.25 part ,not area in m) . So since we are concerned about only the square(2 triangles), 2/5.25 × 10.5 = 4 Now I got the answer to be exact 4(which as shown in the video is right), but if the values change in the question still I would have gotten a approx answer, which I could have rounded up to the closest whole number. And if there were options then it becomes even easier. (I was in the train and couldn't get my notebook so had to resort to approximation. Also the method shown in the video is very good, I'll remember that. Also I speculate that since I got the answer exact right maybe the ratio for the area between those two circles might be actually somewhere around 2/5.25 for all circles?, Idk but I'll look into it seems interesting.)

[@MrBlastZone3000]

I did the same thing. Very cool to know someone else tried this approach as well 👍

[@Wertyhappy27]

i did a guess style answer too, wasnt giving up on my answer, and once he said it and it mathced, I felt good

[@Prolute]

If you're going for an approximate answer I don't see why you'd make it so complicated. You can easily just visualize that the 5 meter line is 2 and a half red squares in length.

[@AnkitAye]

@@Prolute that's assuming that the figures are to scale. And if you actually know what you're doing then it hardly takes some minutes to figure out in your head. But I do see that it's a lot of words for explaining such an easy approach.

[@Prolute]

@@AnkitAye Pretty sure the figures are to scale, they have to be for this problem to be solvable at all lol

[@phucwang3882]

this reminded me with our 8grades math. so memorable

[@GreaseAndGravel]

Wow, that was satisfying to watch! Maths is awesome :)

[@michaelfischer1999]

You can make it much easier without calculations: One side of the triangle = 5, one side of the triangle = 5-x, one side of the triangle we can call 5-1/2x (instead of y, because the other half occupies the area next to the other circle). As a conclusion c^2 (=25) = (c-1/2x)^2 + (c-x)^2 And anyone that has calculated the most basic numbers of this formula sees that 5^2= 4^2 + 3^2 . That shows us x= 5-3 = 2 . I m not a math pro but I thought maybe it can make things more visible. Keep going my friend you make a lot of people stimulate their brain. Much love from romania and sorry for my bad English! ❤

[@Quickdrawmcgraw406]

A right triangle with a hypotenuse=5 does not always have sides of 4 and 3, however. So you still have to do most of the calculations

[@NasMCsmelly]

I thought this was a "two girls one cup" joke in my recommended. Glad I learned something different today.

[@thereddestsuninthesky]

This guy knew what he was doing with the title

[@drunkirk3472]

I tried another approach, got the same ans. Made hypotenuse from top corner of square to center. Got the right angle triangle as (5-x) height, (5-(x/2)) as base and 5 radius as hypotenuse. Using hypotenuse formula (5)² = (5-(x/2))² + (5-x)², gives the same values of x as 10 and 2

[@xyuv6769]

such a nice approach to maths

[@blue_birb]

You could also think of the circles as a function. Let's say the "ground" line is the x axis and the origin is the first circle's intersection point with the ground line. Cut off the top half of the circles so we have an actual function, defined from -5 to 15 Now we just need to analyze the function a bit, let's call it f, and we need to find where f(x) = 2(5-x) And the are will be f(x)^2

[@stephan4923]

I got it on my own, but I drew a triangle with the hypotenuse from circle's center to square's corner (5m) and had the horizontal side = 5 - x/2 and the vertical = 5 - x. I don't usually interpret things like the square being halfway between visually, but with both circles the same size and meeting in the middle, it has to be

[@avery3490]

thats exactly how i did it. but i said that the square had sides of 2x and instead of saying 5-x/2 and 5-x i js did 5-x and 5-2x

[@arshaanjaved1044]

Man this bring back school memories

[@ryeofoatmeal]

maths is my fave subject back in high school. I really enjoy solving this type of problems. it has been more than a decade since I left school. I missed this :")

[@maxwellsimon4538]

the amount of suffering I've had from every time I forget that I can just make quadratic equations is immeasurable. Great solution

[@hammy_and_britney]

Came for the title, stayed for the math

[@flovahkiin5783]

Only few will understand the title

[@JosiahTheScienceGuy]

I usually dont find math to be actually fun, but this is pretty cool. Plus when i tried to solve it myself, i had the right idea with using triangles (im in a trigonometry class rn, so it was fresh in my mind)

[@ravigupta8358]

Love the way you solve the problem ♥️

[@stathislourantos1194]

If θ is the angle defined by the horizontal radius of the left circle and its common point with the square, then sinθ=(5-x)/5 and cosθ=(5-x/2)/5. Then squaring both sides of the equations and adding them together and because sin^2(θ)+cos^2(θ)=1, solving for x we get x=2.

[@jothejoker6771]

Mathematician: let's use calculus to determine if the semi truck will fit between those two tipped over silos. Everyone else: *pulls out tape measure*

[@RhumpleOriginal]

Kids: * pull out measuring app on their tablet * GenZ: * Chat GPT wirelessly implants the answer into their brain *

[@Polar-ot9ih]

for the longest time i believed i could not do maths at all, but when i found this video i actually felt good knowing that i understood the equation and worked it out. giving me hope fr

[@carbonfiber1231]

I remember solving such problems easily and relatively quickly during my school days and now after 10+ years it doesn't feel the same. Feeling very slow.

[@veryseriousperson_]

The title of the video reminded me of some things...

[@phillipglennon4299]

What I did wrong was assuming that the angle from the horizontal plane of the box to the radius was 45 degrees Using that I found the sine of 45 times 5 (or square root of 2 times 5), double that, subtract 10 by that, then second power that getting 8.58 meters squared

[@ThoseInterestingStories]

I did the exact same thing lol I looked in Desmos that would’ve been true if we were looking at a circle inside a square but it wouldn’t have been true in this problem

[@The_NSeven]

I also did that.. except a bit more complicated haha

[@dhirajsaxena1971]

As a person that doesn't understand math and sines, yeh same lol.

[@krithikkumar9887]

When u half the image and plot the right side in the first quadrant u will find that y=2x will intersect the circle not y =x hence not 45 degrees. Since when u half the square height remains the same but only the length halves. So tanx is 2 and u will get x = 63 degrees.

[@AnasHart]

Yeah, I realised my mistake when I was solving the quadratic lol

[@Nimasho2go]

What's neat about the 2 solutions here is the other one also makes sense if the object is to find a square that connects to both circles at it's corners, because the other option puts the corners on the very top of both circles, and is the only other side length capable of maintaining those constraints.

[@carlosm.6333]

Its been 10 years since I graduated from engineering and stopped doing math. I miss that curiosity of calculating stuff just because

[@mylesmcvey1457]

Another way to solve this problem is to think about the dimensions of the square as two separate functions. The base of the square starts out at 2r and goes to 0 where the two circles touch. This width can be defined as 2r-2rsin(Θ). Similarly, the height of the square would start at 0, and work its way up to r. The height can be defined as r-rcos(Θ). From there this problem can be seen as the unique case where the width and height are the same, and so 2r-2rsin(Θ)=r-rcos(Θ). There's a little bit of trig involved from this point, but r cancels out almost immediately leaving just Θ to solve for, which should end up as 2*invtan(1/2) or roughly 53°. Plugging back into either the width or height equation gives a side length of 2 for the square.

[@thomasthuene3173]

right. And much more elegant.

[@sebastianalarcon1204]

Thats how I thought about it

[@ModestestRUST]

That was very pretty.

[@MatthewHolevinski]

I looked at it graphically and instinctively knew it was 4, because the r=5 setup, now had the r's been wildly different, ya probably would of done it that way.

[@a_39_yashraj48]

insta ID.. I need to understand this explanation

[@lucassoriano839]

Me ha gustado bastante el problema. Yo lo resolví así: primero sistema de ecuaciones con cos(a)=1-x/10 Cos(90-a)=1-x/5 Elevas al cuadrado ambas ecuaciones y las sumas, y obtienes que 1=(1-x/10)^2 +(1-x/5)^2. Y de aquí llegas a la misma ecuación de segundo grado y listo...

[@Elysia07]

I don't know nothing bout math but my first thought was, this does look fun!

[@ibeatmeat4feet]

i suck at maths and watching you solve this so easily, its just so smart lol

[@Khigha87]

What a delight. I was sceptical about taking math as a 2nd major in my comm sci degree, this reminded me why I loved that ish! I'm going to do it!

[@chochmah]

You could simply use pytagoras on the triangle in view: (5-x)^2 + (5-x/2)^2 = 5^2

[@MrSwordfish1988]

Actually not valid since the diagonal of the square would not go through the center of the circle (if you would make the diagonal longer)

[@RaindropsSunshine]

Honestly, it is very exciting. Thanks :)

[@giridharg82]

Very clear explanation. Thumbs up.

[@Diam0nd_King]

Is it just me or does his room look like the room from fnaf 4?

[@dheeraj711]

I was thinking the same too😂

[@Omerfurkan40]

This question used to be a simple question in the general university exam prepared by the ÖSYM institution in Turkey, almost like a snack.

[@aytmatEnjoyer]

neler çekioz biz be kanka ya

[@andrewbrightasingwire]

very nice one. watching you all the way from Uganda!

[@captindo]

Looked at the problem from the KZbin recommend screen shot and solved in a few seconds in my head. I’m a retired veteran, so, I haven’t done math in since I quit school in grade 10 lol. Neat.

[@flavrt]

Always enjoy your thoughtful content, Andy. How about this? Distance from the circle center to the center of square bottom side is 5√2. Then a little isosceles triangle inside the square has hypotenuse = 5√2 - 5 = √2. So the sides of this little triangle = 1. And since they are half the side of the square, the square side = 2x1 = 2 and area = 2x2.

[@dhruvanaidu9738]

5sqrt2 -5 does not equal sqrt2

[@requiem1k87]

Bro 5 root 2 - 5 is not root 2

[@LumosTerris]

I solved it a bit differently! I saw that the two circles were touching tangentially. If you draw that tangent line, you'll see that since the box is a square, that tangent line must divide the box into two equal slices. I decided to make the width of each half equal to x, so the area of the box was 4x^2. Most of the rest of the setup was the same, except y was set as 5-x. Solving for that was much easier :DD

[@casmartin790]

I saw that line too but decided to guess as I know nothing about maths 😂

[@flames9310]

I saw the figure thought the same thing! But is there a generalized proof or property, or a way of proving this (that the square is divided into equal parts)? I kinda fell short on that.

[@im_zinc]

I think I'm falling in love, it was a pretty impressive solution.

[@adik6231]

he was using basic concepts of surface area volume , quadractic equation , polynomial and algebric identities to solve such a interesting question.

[@pulledpork9778]

Awesome video, the method was very interesting yet easy to understand! I think you could have divided both sides by (10-x) at 2:21 for further coolness B)

[@prototypesoup1685]

A good rule is "do not divide using the variable", just in case you divide by zero on accident. In this case, since the polynomial does have 10 as solution for x, then by dividing by "10 - x", you'd be dividing by zero

[@bakersmileyface]

I just looked at it and thought "Yeah that looks about a 2"

[@youraverageslime]

genuinely thought rhis was gonna include some sort of formula that i had never heard of in my life, but i was quite surprised when you used simple algebra to solve this

[@Eddie42023]

I was building rectangles and triangles, realized a 5(sqrt[2]) -5 was the diagonal of the square. Then I thought: 'are you going to tell me it's 2^2?' I have a BA in physics, so I have that kind of intuition. Your solution was very well done.

[@cassandra_classic]

How exciting indeed. I never liked math, yet this was still quite an interesting video. Goes to show just how important algebra is.

[@needamuffin]

I saw that a single circle defined the length of a side of the square vertically and half the length of a side of the square horizontally, so instead of using an arbitrary y variable, I set it equal to 5 - x (x in this case being half of your x). I then followed the same process you did and got x = 5, 1 (since mine were half what yours were).

[@oliviadance1174]

Cool video! There’s another fun solution! Since the hypotenuse of the triangle is 5m, it means that it is an Egyptian triangle. Therefore the other two sides are 4m and 3m. From there 5-3=2

[@StevieBaskin]

What hypotenuse is 5m?

[@StevieBaskin]

Oh nice 0:38

[@jessvarey2597]

I’m a designer and have a good eye. I estimated the side of the square was 2/5ths the length of the 5m line, making the area 4m^2. I have no idea how you did what you did, but I think this is why my maths teachers hated me. I got the right answers, but couldn’t show my work. 😂 fascinating video.

[@Joshua_Davis_Music]

interesting that you did Pythagoras, I went for trig using the lines provided and a radius going to the centre of one of the circles to the corner of the square. since the square touches the circles and the tangent, the corners touch at the midpoint of the arc. This means that the corner of the square touches at a 45 degree angle and you can use 2 triangles using sin45 and the provided lengths to solve also

[@barryomahony4983]

I got the same when I paused, but just used the quadratic formula to get the roots. I also threw away the mirror image and solved for a rectangle of width x/2 and height x. Keeps this 65 year old brain in shape. 😉

[@jama211]

Nice!

[@MCAzertox]

I had the exact same approach, nice Great job by the way

[@johncarrington8612]

The best problems can have more than one way to solve them. Drop a perpendicular from the midpoint of where the two horizontal radii will meet so that it goes through the center of the square. If you extend a radius to the center of the square you will make an isosceles right triangle with the hypotenuse equal to 5 root 2. The root 2 is half of the square's diagonal so a diagonal is 2 root 2. Since a square is a rhombus it has an area = d1 times d2 all over 2. Using 2 root 2 for each diagonal gives an area of 4.

[@OceanEscape3]

Great solution! Fr, if it was me, I'm probs wondering around finding a measuring tape to calculate the x 😅