2017 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 25
Problem 25
In the figure shown, and
are line segments each of length 2, and
. Arcs
and
are each one-sixth of a circle with radius 2. What is the area of the region shown?
Solution
Let the centers of the circles containing arcs and
be
and
, respectively. Extend
and
to
and
, and connect point
with point
.
We can clearly see that
is an equilateral triangle, because two of its angles are
, which is the degree measure of
a circle. The area of the figure is equal to
minus the combined area of the
sectors of the circles. Using the area formula for an equilateral triangle,
where
is the side length of the equilateral triangle,
is
The combined area of the
sectors is
, which is
Thus, our final answer is
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