Circular arcs inside a square

Geometry Level 1

Shown in the figure are four identical quarter circles inside a square. If the area of the red region is 16 ( 4 π ) 16(4-\pi) , what is the area of the yellow region?

20 π 20\pi 16 π 16\pi 8 π 8\pi 32 π 32\pi

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1 solution

Relevant wiki: Circles - Area

Let x x be the radius of one quarter circle, then the side length of the square is 2 x 2x . So we have

area of the square - area of the yellow region = area of the red region \text{area of the square - area of the yellow region = area of the red region}

( 2 x ) 2 π ( x 2 ) = 16 ( 4 π ) (2x)^2 - \pi (x^2) = 16(4-\pi)

4 x 2 x 2 π = 16 ( 4 π ) 4x^2-x^2 \pi = 16(4-\pi)

x 2 ( 4 π ) = 16 ( 4 π ) x^2(4-\pi) =16(4-\pi)

x 2 = 16 x^2=16

x = 4 x=4

The area of the yellow region is equivalent to the area of a circle of radius 4 4 . So the area is π x 2 = 16 π \pi x^2=\boxed{16\pi}

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