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geometry senior

Problem

Six congruent circles form a ring with each circle externally tangent to the two circles adjacent to it. All six circles are internally tangent to a circle with radius 30. Let be the area of the region inside and outside all of the six circles in the ring. Find . (The notation denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to .)
Solution
Let be the radius of each of the six congruent circles, and let and be the centers of two adjacent circles. Join the centers of adjacent circles to form a regular hexagon with side . Let be the center of . Draw the radii of that contain and . Triangle is equilateral, so . Because each of the two radii contains the point where the smaller circle is tangent to , the radius of is , and . The radius of is 30, so , , and .
Final answer
942