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Hi Meanup,
How come subtracting 360 - 120 /360 of (Area of bigger circle - Area of smaller circle) will give area of shaded region ? i didn't got this thing ?

We are trying to find the sector being covered here. Finding the angle subtended in that region would help to find the area of the bigger circle and vice-versa.

Also, the area of a sector in a circle \(= \frac{θ^{\circ}}{360^{\circ}}*πr^2\)

Hope this helps, do let me know if you have any further questions.
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Bunuel, please provide the soln for this
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An intuitive way to look at it would be to subtract the area of the outer circle from the area of the inner circle. That results in 3πr2.

Now 3πr2 represents the area of the entire donut formed. We need to find an area that is greater than half a donut (which is 1.5πr2) and less than 3πr2.

From the options, the only choice left would be D
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Area of O2 - (Sector of O1 + Area Of Traingle) - (Sector of O2 - Area Of Triangle)

4 pi r^2 - [2/3 pi r^2 + r^2*3^1/2] - [4/3pir^2 - r^2*3^1/2]
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