Answer: approximately 24 square units in the shaded areas
Step-by-step explanation:
The area of the entire dark circles will be for each πr², then divided by 2 to get the area of the semicircles created on the sides of the triangles:
16π + 9π = 25π Half that times value for pi
≈ 39.2699 is the area of the dark semicircles. Round to 39.27
Now the fun! Find the area of the parts subtracted by the light semicircle:
The area of the entire circle is 25π or about 78.54. The triangle is half of an inscribed rectangle, 6×8, so 48. Subtracted from the circle leaves about 30.54 in the four slices between the arcs of the circumference and the perimeter of the rectangle. We are concerned with only half of the slices, so we will subtract 15.27
Area of the dark semicircles minus the area of the light slices will leave the area of the shaded crescents:
39.27 - 15.27 = 24 square units . Voila!