Math Puzzle for August 29, 2025

Remembering senior year and high school geometry

Alameda Post - a diagram of a triangle with two vertices along the circumference of a circle labeled A & B, with the third vertex, also the center of the circle, labeled O.

Triangle AOB is drawn within a circle and has an area of 2772 square meters.
Points A and B are on the circumference and point O is at the center of the circle.

Given AO = OB = x 2 + 4 and AB = 17x + 1, find the area of the circle.

Send your answer to [email protected] for the chance to win a Tucker’s ice cream gift card.

Last week’s winner was Sasha Makarov with A = 2025.

Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].

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