On the equilateral triangle, several blue unit circle sectors are constructed. What is the pink area?
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We can combine the 3 circular sectors to obtain a circular sector of radius 1 and central angle 6 0 ∘ + 6 0 ∘ + 6 0 ∘ = 1 8 0 ∘ . This is a semicircle which has area 2 1 × π × 1 2 = 2 π .
The equilateral triangle has a base of 2, and a height of 3 , so it has an area of 2 1 × 2 × 3 = 3 .
Since the purple area is equal to the equilateral triangle minus the circular sectors, it has an area of 3 − 2 π .