The above figure shows a regular hexagram inscribed in a circle of radius 10 units. Find the area of the shaded region (in ).
Round your answer to the nearest integer.
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O A = R = 1 0 units , A P = 2 1 A O = 5 units , P B = 3 5 units ⇒ Area of triangle A B C = 2 1 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 3 5 = 3 2 5 unit 2
Area of the regular hexagram is 1 2 ⋅ 3 2 5 = 1 0 0 3 .
Area of the circle is π R 2 = π ⋅ 1 0 2 = 1 0 0 π .
Thus the area of the shaded region is 3 1 ( 1 0 0 π − 1 0 0 3 ) = 4 6 . 9 8 4 … ≈ 4 7 unit 2 .