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So the shaded region is the area of the large semicircle minus the area of the unshaded parts, which is <math>\frac{1}{2}\pi (2^2) - 7\left( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\right) - 5\left( \frac{\pi}{6}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\right) = 2\pi - \frac{7\sqrt{3}}{4} - \frac{5\pi}{6} + \frac{5\sqrt{3}}{4}= \boxed{\textbf{(E) } \frac{7}{6}\pi - \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}}</math>. | So the shaded region is the area of the large semicircle minus the area of the unshaded parts, which is <math>\frac{1}{2}\pi (2^2) - 7\left( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\right) - 5\left( \frac{\pi}{6}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\right) = 2\pi - \frac{7\sqrt{3}}{4} - \frac{5\pi}{6} + \frac{5\sqrt{3}}{4}= \boxed{\textbf{(E) } \frac{7}{6}\pi - \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}}</math>. | ||
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Problem
Three semicircles of radius are constructed on diameter of a semicircle of radius . The centers of the small semicircles divide into four line segments of equal length, as shown. What is the area of the shaded region that lies within the large semicircle but outside the smaller semicircles?
Solution
Each small semicircle shares a radius with an adjacent circle. Therefore, the radii to the points of intersection will create equilateral triangles. Draw these triangles, and then bisect the angles on the sides and complete the incomplete triangles so that the unshaded region is broken into two types of pieces: circular segments from a sector of a circle with radius , and equilateral triangles with side length .
There are equilateral triangles and circular segments. One equilateral triangle has area , and one segment has area .
So the shaded region is the area of the large semicircle minus the area of the unshaded parts, which is . The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions.