Four identical circles, each of radius
, are drawn on the vertices of a square whose side is
. Then four identical equilateral triangles are drawn as shown in the figure. Find the total area of the yellow region and blue region.
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y 1 = 6 2 − π ( 3 2 ) = 3 6 − 9 π
The area of the yellow region on each equilateral triangle can be computed as: area of an equilateral triangle minus area of two circular sectors then multiply it by 4 . We have
y 2 = 4 [ 4 3 ( 6 2 ) − 2 ( 3 6 0 6 0 ) ( π ) ( 3 2 ) ] = 3 6 3 − 1 2 π
The blue region is composed of four circular sectors having a central angle of 1 5 0 ∘ each. So the area is
b = 4 ( 3 6 0 1 5 0 ) π ( 3 2 ) = 1 5 π
The desired answer is 3 6 − 9 π + 3 6 3 − 1 2 π + 1 5 π = 3 6 + 3 6 3 − 6 π