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Can anyone please help me find the area of the shaded area? Thank you

Can anyone please help me find the area of the shaded area? Thank you-example-1

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There are two key pieces of information we will need to solve this problem: the area of the section of the circle and the area of the triangle.

First, let's find the area of the section/part of the circle. We can do this by only finding 1/4 (90/360) of the area of the given circle.

1/4 x pi x 6^2

1/4 x pi x 36

Area of 1/4 of circle = 9pi ft^2

Second, let's find the area of the triangle.

1/2 x 6 x 6

3 x 6

Area of triangle = 18 ft^2

Next, let's find the area of one shaded section by subtracting the area of the triangle from the area of the section.

9pi - 18

Finally, to find the area of both shaded sections we'll need to double the answer from the previous step.

2(9pi - 18)

18pi - 36 = 20.549 (rounded to 3 decimal places)

Answer: [ 18pi - 36 ft^2 ] or [ 20.549 ft^2 ]

Hope this helps!

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