2006 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 19
Problem
A circle of radius is centered at . Square has side length . Sides and are extended past to meet the circle at and , respectively. What is the area of the shaded region in the figure, which is bounded by , , and the minor arc connecting and ?
Solution
The shaded area is equivilant to the area of sector minus the area of triangle plus the area of triangle .
Using the Pythagorean Theorem:
Clearly and are triangles with
Since is a square,
can be found by doing some subtraction of angles.
So the area of sector is
The area of triangle is
Since ,
So the area of triangle is
Therefore, the shaded area is