How to solve the following ??

Consider a square with vertices at (1,1);(1,1);(1,1);(1,1). Let S be the region consisting of all points inside the square which are nearer to the origin than to any edge. Find the area of region S.

1 Answer
Oct 6, 2017

See below.

Explanation:

The sought region is the interior of the boundaries given by

x2+y2x+1
x2+y21x
x2+y2y+1
x2+y21y

The area computation is left as an exercise.

Attached a region plot

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NOTE:

The intersection region boundary point at the first quadrant is

21,21 and the area is given by

S=(2(21))2+4(21121x22dx2(21)2)=43(425)