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geometry senior
Problem
Circles and each have radius 1. Circles and share one point of tangency. Circle has a point of tangency with the midpoint of What is the area inside circle but outside circle and circle
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The requested area is the area of minus the area shared between circles , and . Let be the midpoint of and be the other intersection of circles and . The area shared between , and is of the regions between arc and line , which is (considering the arc on circle ) a quarter of the circle minus : (We can assume this because is 90 degrees, since is a square, due to the application of the tangent chord theorem at point ) So the area of the small region is The requested area is area of circle minus 4 of this area: .
Final answer
C