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# Difference between revisions of "2002 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 5"

The following problem is from both the 2002 AMC 12A #5 and 2002 AMC 10A #5, so both problems redirect to this page.

## Problem

Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region.

$[asy] unitsize(.3cm); path c=Circle((0,2),1); filldraw(Circle((0,0),3),grey,black); filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); filldraw(c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(60)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(120)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(180)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(240)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(300)*c,white,black); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A)}\ \pi \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1.5\pi \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2\pi \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3\pi \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 3.5\pi$

## Solution

The outer circle has radius $1+1+1=3$, and thus area $9\pi$. The little circles have area $\pi$ each; since there are 7, their total area is $7\pi$. Thus, our answer is $9\pi-7\pi=\boxed{2\pi\Rightarrow \textbf{(C)}}$.