Calculate the blue area, if a = 1 . Round your answer to 4 significant figures.
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Let A and E be the midpoints of the vertical sides of the square. The A E divides that semicircle and equilateral triangle, hence the blue area, into halves. Label the rest of figure as shown. We note that A B = 1 because it is the radius of the semicircle with a diameter of 2. Also that the height of the equilateral triangle of side length 2, D E = 3 . Since A E = 2 , A D = A E − D E = 2 − 3 .
We note that the area of the wedge [ D B C ] is half of the blue area A blue . And we have:
[ D B C ] ⟹ A blue = [ A B C ] − [ A B D ] = 2 ∠ B A C − 2 A B × A D × sin ∠ B A C = 2 θ − 2 2 − 3 sin θ = θ − ( 2 − 3 ) sin θ [ A B C ] = area of sector A B C [ A B D ] = area of △ A B D where ∠ B A C = θ
To find θ , applying sine rule in △ A B D :
A D sin ∠ A B D 2 − 3 sin ( 6 π − θ ) sin ( 6 π − θ ) = A B sin ∠ A D B = 1 sin 6 5 π = 2 2 − 3 Note that ∠ B D C = 6 π ⟹ ∠ A D B = 6 5 π
⟹ θ = 6 π − sin − 1 ( 2 2 − 3 ) ≈ 0 . 3 8 9 2 2 0 1 1 8 radians
⟹ A blue = θ − ( 2 − 3 ) sin θ ≈ 0 . 2 8 7 5
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