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Find the area of the shaded region

Find the area of the shaded region-example-1
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First find the area of the circle.

area = πr²

area = π(5²) = (25π) cm²

Then find the area of the square. To find that, construct a right triangle where the length indicated is the hypotenuse. Then use the pyth. theorem.

a²+b²=c²

Because the other two legs of the triangle are equal...

a²+a²=c²

2a²=c²

2a²=5

a²=2.5

a=(√2.5) cm²

Now we need to find the side length of the square which is twice the length of the legs in the triangle.

side length = 2√2.5 = (√10) cm²

And then we can find the area of the square.

area = √10 × √10 = 10 cm²

Lastly we subtract the area of the square from the area of the circle to get the area of the shaded region.

area = 25π-10 = 68.54 cm² approx.

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