Y by Williamgolly, Inconsistent, megarnie, Adventure10
As shown in the figure below, six semicircles lie in the interior of a regular hexagon with side length
so that the diameters of the semicircles coincide with the sides of the hexagon. What is the area of the shaded region—inside the hexagon but outside all of the semicircles?
![[asy]
size(140);
fill((1,0)--(3,0)--(4,sqrt(3))--(3,2sqrt(3))--(1,2sqrt(3))--(0,sqrt(3))--cycle,gray(0.4));
fill(arc((2,0),1,180,0)--(2,0)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((3.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,60,240)--(3.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((3.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,120,300)--(3.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((2,2sqrt(3)),1,180,360)--(2,2sqrt(3))--cycle,white);
fill(arc((0.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,240,420)--(0.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((0.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,300,480)--(0.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
draw((1,0)--(3,0)--(4,sqrt(3))--(3,2sqrt(3))--(1,2sqrt(3))--(0,sqrt(3))--(1,0));
draw(arc((2,0),1,180,0)--(2,0)--cycle);
draw(arc((3.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,60,240)--(3.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw(arc((3.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,120,300)--(3.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw(arc((2,2sqrt(3)),1,180,360)--(2,2sqrt(3))--cycle);
draw(arc((0.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,240,420)--(0.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw(arc((0.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,300,480)--(0.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
label("$2$",(3.5,3sqrt(3)/2),NE);
[/asy]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/c/4/cc4a8eea36390b30289f00cdba179c25b9ee3543.png)


![[asy]
size(140);
fill((1,0)--(3,0)--(4,sqrt(3))--(3,2sqrt(3))--(1,2sqrt(3))--(0,sqrt(3))--cycle,gray(0.4));
fill(arc((2,0),1,180,0)--(2,0)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((3.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,60,240)--(3.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((3.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,120,300)--(3.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((2,2sqrt(3)),1,180,360)--(2,2sqrt(3))--cycle,white);
fill(arc((0.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,240,420)--(0.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
fill(arc((0.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,300,480)--(0.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle,white);
draw((1,0)--(3,0)--(4,sqrt(3))--(3,2sqrt(3))--(1,2sqrt(3))--(0,sqrt(3))--(1,0));
draw(arc((2,0),1,180,0)--(2,0)--cycle);
draw(arc((3.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,60,240)--(3.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw(arc((3.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,120,300)--(3.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw(arc((2,2sqrt(3)),1,180,360)--(2,2sqrt(3))--cycle);
draw(arc((0.5,3sqrt(3)/2),1,240,420)--(0.5,3sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw(arc((0.5,sqrt(3)/2),1,300,480)--(0.5,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
label("$2$",(3.5,3sqrt(3)/2),NE);
[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/c/4/cc4a8eea36390b30289f00cdba179c25b9ee3543.png)

This post has been edited 3 times. Last edited by djmathman, Feb 7, 2020, 5:40 AM