2011 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 18

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Problem 18

Circles $A, B,$ and $C$ each have radius 1. Circles $A$ and $B$ share one point of tangency. Circle $C$ has a point of tangency with the midpoint of $\overline{AB}$. What is the area inside Circle $C$ but outside circle $A$ and circle $B$ ? [asy] pathpen = linewidth(.7); pointpen = black; pair A=(-1,0), B=-A, C=(0,1); fill(arc(C,1,0,180)--arc(A,1,90,0)--arc(B,1,180,90)--cycle, gray(0.5)); D(CR(D("A",A,SW),1)); D(CR(D("B",B,SE),1)); D(CR(D("C",C,N),1)); [/asy]

$\textbf{(A)}\ 3 - \frac{\pi}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\pi}{2} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\  2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{3\pi}{4} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 + \frac{\pi}{2}$

Solution

Draw a rectangle with vertices at the centers of $A$ and $B$ and the intersection of $A, C$ and $B, C$. Then, we can compute the shaded area as the area of half of $C$ plus the area of the rectangle minus the area of the two sectors created by $A$ and $B$. This is $\frac{\pi (1)^2}{2}+(2)(1)-2 \cdot \frac{\pi (1)^2}{4}=\boxed{2 \ \mathbf{(C)}}$.

See Also

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Problem 17
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Problem 19
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