The answer is (C).Quote:
The figure above shows four identical quarter circles drawn between the vertices of the square. If a side length of the square is 10, what is the area of the orange region?
What formulas will be used in this question?- area of quarter circle: \(\frac{πr^2}{4}\)
- ratio of 30:60:90 triangle is \(1:\sqrt{3}:2\)
- area of a triangle: \(\frac{base*hight}{2}\)
Now let’s say A, B, C, and D are vertices of the square, and E, F, G and ,H are vertices of orange region \(x\).
Here, we can remove area of figure AFED, DEHC, CHGB, and BGFA from area of the square in order to get the area of \(x\), which is the orange region.
Step 1The area of a quarter circle DAC is \(25π\)
Step 2Here, we can make a segment DF and CF to make a 60-60-60 equilateral triangle. Why it’s a equilateral triangle? Because the segment DF is a radius of the quarter circle DAC, as well as the segment CF. Thus segment DF, CF and DC have same length.
Step 3When we draw a perpendicular foot FI, which half the angle DFC, the 30-60-90 right triangle forms. Therefore, the length of segment FI is \(5\sqrt{3}\), and the area of triangle DFI is \(\frac{25\sqrt{3}}{2}\). Thus, the area of equilateral triangle DFC is \(25\sqrt{3}\).
Step 4Since the angle CDF is 60, we can also calculate the area of sector DFC. -> \(\frac{100π}{6}\)=\(\frac{50π}{3}\)
In the same way, the angle ADF is 30, therefore sector ADF is \(\frac{25π}{3}\)
Also, we can calculate the area of sector CFG, which is area of sector DFC - area of the equilateral triangle DFC = \(\frac{50π}{3}-25\sqrt{3}\)
Step 5Finally, we can get the value of area of figure AFED, DEHC, CHGB, and BGFA.
-> area of figure AFED, DEHC, CHGB, and BGFA = \(4*(\frac{25π}{3}-(\frac{50π}{3}-25\sqrt{3})\)=\(4*(25\sqrt{3}-\frac{25π}{3}\)
Step 6At last, let’s get the area of \(x\)
\(x=100-4*(25\sqrt{3}-\frac{25π}{3})=100+\frac{100π}{3}-100\sqrt{3}=100(1+\frac{π}{3}-\sqrt{3})\)
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