2008 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 17
Problem
An equilateral triangle has side length 6. What is the area of the region containing all points that are outside the triangle but not more than 3 units from a point of the triangle?
$\mathrm{(A)}\ 36+24\sqrt{3}\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ 54+9\pi\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ 54+18\sqrt{3}+6\pi\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ \left(2\sqrt{3}+3\right)^2\pi\\\mathrm{(E)}\ 9\left(\sqrt{3}{+1\right)^2\pi$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
Diagram: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj87/AndroHM/AMC10A-2008-17.jpg
Three rectangles are formed that are 
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degrees = 
the circle's area. 
circle's area, 
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B
See also
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