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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 semicircle, 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