2003 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 15
- The following problem is from both the 2003 AMC 12A #15 and 2003 AMC 10A #19, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
A semicircle of diameter sits at the top of a semicircle of diameter , as shown. The shaded area inside the smaller semicircle and outside the larger semicircle is called a lune. Determine the area of this lune.
Solution
The shaded area is equal to the area of the smaller semicircle minus the area of a sector of the larger circle plus the area of a triangle formed by two radii of the larger semicircle and the diameter of the smaller semicircle .
The area of the smaller semicircle is .
Since the radius of the larger semicircle is equal to the diameter of the smaller half circle, the triangle is an equilateral triangle and the sector measures .
The area of the sector of the larger semicircle is .
The area of the triangle is .
So the shaded area is . We have thus solved the problem.
Video Solution by SpreadTheMathLove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4qnOdE0Dyk
See Also
2003 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 18 |
Followed by Problem 20 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2003 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 14 |
Followed by Problem 16 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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