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Geometry Level 3

Find the area of the shaded region, where ABCD is a square of side 10 cm and semi circles are drawn with each side of the square as diameter. Take π = 3.14 \pi = 3.14 and express your answer in c m 2 cm^2 .


The answer is 57.

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Let the center of the square be O O and let the midpoint of side C D CD be P P . Also, define R R as the region bounded by the arc O C OC and the line segment O C OC . By symmetry, the area of the shaded region will be 8 8 times the area of R R .

Now the area of R R is the area of sector O P C OPC , (a quarter-circle), minus the area of triangle Δ O P C \Delta OPC . Thus the area of R R is

1 4 π ( P C ) 2 1 2 ( P C ) ( O P ) = 25 4 3.14 1 2 25 = 25 4 ( 3.14 2 ) = 7.125. \dfrac{1}{4}\pi*(PC)^{2} - \dfrac{1}{2}(PC)(OP) = \dfrac{25}{4}*3.14 - \dfrac{1}{2}*25 = \dfrac{25}{4}*(3.14 - 2) = 7.125.

The area of the shaded region is then 8 7.125 = 57 8*7.125 = \boxed{57} .

Saleem Hd
Jan 21, 2015

We can use this expression for all question like this :
Shaded area =

So → Shaded area= 2(25)(3.14-2)=57 :)

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