Question

Two semicircles are drawn inside of a circle with radius 8 inches as shown below. Find the area of the shaded region. Round your answer to the nearest tenth (0.1).

Answer 1

Explanation:

two semicircles each of diameter 8 inches makes one circle with diameter=8 in.

radius r=8/2=4 in.

area of shaded region= πr^2=π×4²=16 π in²

≈16×3.14

≈50.24

≈50.2 in²