, what is the area of the yellow region?
Shown in the figure are four identical quarter circles inside a square. If the area of the red region is
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Relevant wiki: Circles - Area
Let x be the radius of one quarter circle, then the side length of the square is 2 x . So we have
area of the square - area of the yellow region = area of the red region
( 2 x ) 2 − π ( x 2 ) = 1 6 ( 4 − π )
4 x 2 − x 2 π = 1 6 ( 4 − π )
x 2 ( 4 − π ) = 1 6 ( 4 − π )
x 2 = 1 6
x = 4
The area of the yellow region is equivalent to the area of a circle of radius 4 . So the area is π x 2 = 1 6 π