Finding the area

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The figure above consists of four quarter circles each with radius 10 and with centers at each of the vertex of the square. Find the area of the shaded region rounded to 3 decimal places.


The answer is 31.515.

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The shaded region consists of one square and four segments of a circle. To get the area of the segment, compute first the area of the sector and area of the triangle. Then to get the length of side x x , use cosine law. Note that the central angle of the sector is 3 0 30^\circ .

The area of the sector is 30 360 π ( 1 0 2 ) = 25 3 π \dfrac{30}{360}\pi(10^2) = \dfrac{25}{3}\pi .

The area of the triangle is 1 2 ( 1 0 2 ) ( s i n 30 ) = 25 \dfrac{1}{2}(10^2)(sin~30)=25

The area of one segment is 25 3 π 25 \dfrac{25}{3}\pi-25 .

By cosine law, the area of the square is

x 2 = 1 0 2 + 1 0 2 2 ( 10 ) ( 10 ) ( c o s 30 ) = 26.79491924 x^2=10^2+10^2-2(10)(10)(cos~30)=26.79491924

The area of the shaded region is 26.79491924 + 4 ( 25 3 π 25 ) = 26.79491924+4(\dfrac{25}{3}\pi-25)= 31.515 \boxed{\color{#3D99F6}31.515}

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