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In the diagram, each of the three identical circles touch the other two. The circumference of each circle is 36. What is the area of the shaded region?

Apr 21, 2021

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https://gyazo.com/0bb2e632441b774f3d412d086fa55957

I made an equilateral triangle using the centers of the triangle.
Since an equilateral triangle has angles of 60o, each sector part is just $$\frac{1}{6}$$ of the circle.

Circumference of each circle = 36 units

Radius = $$\frac{18}{π}$$

Sector areas = $$3 \cdot \frac{1}{6} \cdot (\frac{18}{π})^2 π$$

$$\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{324}{π^2}π$$

$$\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{324}{π}$$

$$\frac{162}{π}$$

Now the area of the equilateral triangle is:

$$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\cdot (\frac{36}{π})^2$$

$$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} \cdot \frac{1296}{π^2}$$

$$\frac{1296\sqrt{3}}{4π^2}$$

Which means the area of the shaded region is:

$$\frac{1296\sqrt{3}}{4π^2} - \frac{162}{π}$$

$$\frac{1296\sqrt{3}}{4π^2} - \frac{162π}{π^2}$$

$$\frac{1296\sqrt{3}}{4π^2} - \frac{648π}{4π^2}$$

$$\frac{1296\sqrt{3} - 648π}{4π^2}$$

$$\frac{4(324\sqrt{3} - 162π)}{4π^2}$$

$$\frac{324\sqrt{3} - 162π}{π^2}$$

please tell me if I did anything wrong...

Apr 21, 2021
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LOL

I got something complicated as well... I thought I got it incorrect. i actually got the same answer as you, so nothing's wrong... I think.

Apr 21, 2021
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lol I was debating whether or not to post that because there was a similar question, however this was asking for area of the shaded region instead of the perimeter of it...

Logarhythm  Apr 21, 2021
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See image below:

Triangle area - cicle sector area * 3 = area in question

sqrt(3)/4 ( 36/ pi)2   - 3  * 1/6 *  pi ( 18/pi)2    = shaded                (we use 1/6 because the sector of the circle is 60/360 of the circle)

324 sqrt(3) / pi2    - 162 / pi     <============   Same answer as  LR    Way to go Logarhythm!!

Apr 21, 2021