Finding the area

Geometry Level 3

Each circle in the figure above has a radius of 5 and each circle passes through the centers of the other two circles. What is the area of the shaded region?

If the area is in the form a b π a b c \dfrac{a}{b}\pi-\dfrac{a}{b}\sqrt{c} where a a and b b are coprime positive integers, with c c square-free, submit your answer as a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 30.

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1 solution

Joining the centers of the circles forms an equilateral triangle with side length of 5. The shaded region is composed of one sector of a circle and two segments of a circle. Adding the areas of the three sectors gives us the area of the shaded region plus twice the area of the triangle.

The area of the triangle is s 2 3 4 = 5 2 3 4 = 25 3 4 \dfrac{s^2\sqrt{3}}{4}=\dfrac{5^2\sqrt{3}}{4}=\dfrac{25\sqrt{3}}{4} .

The area of the three sectors is equivalent to the area of a semicircle, which is equal to 1 2 π r 2 = 1 2 π ( 25 ) = 25 2 π \dfrac{1}{2}\pi r^2=\dfrac{1}{2}\pi (25)=\dfrac{25}{2}\pi .

The area of the shaded region therefore is equal to the area of the three sectors minus twice the area of the triangle.

area of the shaded region = 25 2 π 2 ( 25 3 4 ) = 25 2 π 25 2 3 \text{area of the shaded region}=\dfrac{25}{2}\pi-2(\dfrac{25\sqrt{3}}{4})=\dfrac{25}{2}\pi-\dfrac{25}{2}\sqrt{3}

Finally,

a + b + c = 25 + 2 + 3 = a+b+c=25+2+3= 30 \boxed{\color{#69047E}30}

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