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geometry intermediate
Problem
A circle of radius is centered at . Square has side length . Sides and are extended past to meet the circle at and , respectively. What is the area of the shaded region in the figure, which is bounded by , , and the minor arc connecting and ? 
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(B)
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Solution
The shaded area is equivalent to the area of sector minus the area of triangle plus the area of triangle . Using the Pythagorean Theorem, so . Clearly, and are triangles with . Since is a square, . can be found by doing some subtraction of angles. So, the area of sector is . The area of triangle is . Since , . So, the area of triangle is . Therefore, the shaded area is OR has the same height as which is We already know that Therefore the area of is Since Therefore the sum of the areas is Then the area of the shaded area becomes
Final answer
A