Four equal circles intersect: What is the area of the small shaded portion and its height












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In terms of $R$ which is the radius of all four circles, what is the area of the intersection region of these four equal circles and the height of the marked arrow in the figure? The marked arrow is along the line CD, also the midpoint of all the circles are points A, B, C and D. Looking for a very short intuitive solution. I have checked similar questions on this site for example this and this.



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    Hmmn! It's equilateral!
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    Then just use one of the previous solutions, since you know the angle.
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    Thanks! I think its clear now! I need to subtract the area of the sector from the triangle to get the small area and then multiply by two. What about the height any clues?
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In terms of $R$ which is the radius of all four circles, what is the area of the intersection region of these four equal circles and the height of the marked arrow in the figure? The marked arrow is along the line CD, also the midpoint of all the circles are points A, B, C and D. Looking for a very short intuitive solution. I have checked similar questions on this site for example this and this.



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    Notice anything special about $triangle ABC$?
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  • $begingroup$
    Hmmn! It's equilateral!
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    – Abdulhameed
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    Then just use one of the previous solutions, since you know the angle.
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    – Andrei
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    Thanks! I think its clear now! I need to subtract the area of the sector from the triangle to get the small area and then multiply by two. What about the height any clues?
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    – Abdulhameed
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    @Abdulhameed: For height, use the equilateral triangles again. If you know the height of a triangle, and the radius of the circle, then ...
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In terms of $R$ which is the radius of all four circles, what is the area of the intersection region of these four equal circles and the height of the marked arrow in the figure? The marked arrow is along the line CD, also the midpoint of all the circles are points A, B, C and D. Looking for a very short intuitive solution. I have checked similar questions on this site for example this and this.



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In terms of $R$ which is the radius of all four circles, what is the area of the intersection region of these four equal circles and the height of the marked arrow in the figure? The marked arrow is along the line CD, also the midpoint of all the circles are points A, B, C and D. Looking for a very short intuitive solution. I have checked similar questions on this site for example this and this.



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    Notice anything special about $triangle ABC$?
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    – Blue
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  • $begingroup$
    Hmmn! It's equilateral!
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    – Abdulhameed
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    Then just use one of the previous solutions, since you know the angle.
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    – Andrei
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    Thanks! I think its clear now! I need to subtract the area of the sector from the triangle to get the small area and then multiply by two. What about the height any clues?
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    @Abdulhameed: For height, use the equilateral triangles again. If you know the height of a triangle, and the radius of the circle, then ...
    $endgroup$
    – Blue
    1 hour ago














  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Notice anything special about $triangle ABC$?
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    – Blue
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    Hmmn! It's equilateral!
    $endgroup$
    – Abdulhameed
    1 hour ago






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    Then just use one of the previous solutions, since you know the angle.
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    – Andrei
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    Thanks! I think its clear now! I need to subtract the area of the sector from the triangle to get the small area and then multiply by two. What about the height any clues?
    $endgroup$
    – Abdulhameed
    1 hour ago












  • $begingroup$
    @Abdulhameed: For height, use the equilateral triangles again. If you know the height of a triangle, and the radius of the circle, then ...
    $endgroup$
    – Blue
    1 hour ago








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Notice anything special about $triangle ABC$?
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– Blue
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Notice anything special about $triangle ABC$?
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Hmmn! It's equilateral!
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– Abdulhameed
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Hmmn! It's equilateral!
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Then just use one of the previous solutions, since you know the angle.
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– Andrei
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Then just use one of the previous solutions, since you know the angle.
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– Andrei
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Thanks! I think its clear now! I need to subtract the area of the sector from the triangle to get the small area and then multiply by two. What about the height any clues?
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Thanks! I think its clear now! I need to subtract the area of the sector from the triangle to get the small area and then multiply by two. What about the height any clues?
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@Abdulhameed: For height, use the equilateral triangles again. If you know the height of a triangle, and the radius of the circle, then ...
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– Blue
1 hour ago




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@Abdulhameed: For height, use the equilateral triangles again. If you know the height of a triangle, and the radius of the circle, then ...
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enter image description hereIf you repeat this pattern infinitely, you'll find that each circle consists of $12$ of these football shaped areas, together with $6$ 'triangular' areas in between (see red circle in figure). So, setting the area of the footballs to $A$, and that of the triangles to $B$, we have:



$pi^2=12A +6B$ (I am setting radius to $1$ ... you can easily adjust for $R$)



OK, now consider the green rectangle formed by four of the points on a circle. We see that the height of such a rectangle is equal to the radius, so that is $1$, and the width is easily found to be $sqrt{3}$, and this area includes $4$ whole footballs, $2$ half footballs, $2$ whole 'triangles', and $4$ half triangles. So:



$sqrt{3}=5A+4B$



Now you can easily solve for $A$






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    @Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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Notice that the area of the equilateral triangle with edge $R$ plus $frac12$ the area of the shaded region is $frac16$ the area of the circle. The height of the triangle is $frac{Rsqrt3}{2}$ and the area is $frac12cdot Rcdotfrac{Rsqrt3}{2}=frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}$. The area of the shaded region is:
$$2left(frac{pi R^2}{6}-frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}right)=frac{2pi R^2}{6}-frac{3R^2sqrt3}{6}=frac{R^2(2pi-3sqrt3)}{6}$$
Also notice that the height of the triangle plus $frac12$ the height of the shaded area is equal to the radius of the circle. The height of the shaded area is:
$$2left(R-frac{Rsqrt3}{2}right)=2R-Rsqrt3=R(2-sqrt3)$$






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    @ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
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enter image description hereIf you repeat this pattern infinitely, you'll find that each circle consists of $12$ of these football shaped areas, together with $6$ 'triangular' areas in between (see red circle in figure). So, setting the area of the footballs to $A$, and that of the triangles to $B$, we have:



$pi^2=12A +6B$ (I am setting radius to $1$ ... you can easily adjust for $R$)



OK, now consider the green rectangle formed by four of the points on a circle. We see that the height of such a rectangle is equal to the radius, so that is $1$, and the width is easily found to be $sqrt{3}$, and this area includes $4$ whole footballs, $2$ half footballs, $2$ whole 'triangles', and $4$ half triangles. So:



$sqrt{3}=5A+4B$



Now you can easily solve for $A$






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    I appreciate this effort but could you make this clearer.
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    @Abdulhameed Added a picture
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    @Bram28 really nice picture, +1
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    – Zubin Mukerjee
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    This is so beautiful! Its well appreciated
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    @Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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enter image description hereIf you repeat this pattern infinitely, you'll find that each circle consists of $12$ of these football shaped areas, together with $6$ 'triangular' areas in between (see red circle in figure). So, setting the area of the footballs to $A$, and that of the triangles to $B$, we have:



$pi^2=12A +6B$ (I am setting radius to $1$ ... you can easily adjust for $R$)



OK, now consider the green rectangle formed by four of the points on a circle. We see that the height of such a rectangle is equal to the radius, so that is $1$, and the width is easily found to be $sqrt{3}$, and this area includes $4$ whole footballs, $2$ half footballs, $2$ whole 'triangles', and $4$ half triangles. So:



$sqrt{3}=5A+4B$



Now you can easily solve for $A$






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    I appreciate this effort but could you make this clearer.
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    – Abdulhameed
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    @Abdulhameed Added a picture
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    – Bram28
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    @Bram28 really nice picture, +1
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    – Zubin Mukerjee
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  • $begingroup$
    This is so beautiful! Its well appreciated
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    – Abdulhameed
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    @Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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    – Zubin Mukerjee
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enter image description hereIf you repeat this pattern infinitely, you'll find that each circle consists of $12$ of these football shaped areas, together with $6$ 'triangular' areas in between (see red circle in figure). So, setting the area of the footballs to $A$, and that of the triangles to $B$, we have:



$pi^2=12A +6B$ (I am setting radius to $1$ ... you can easily adjust for $R$)



OK, now consider the green rectangle formed by four of the points on a circle. We see that the height of such a rectangle is equal to the radius, so that is $1$, and the width is easily found to be $sqrt{3}$, and this area includes $4$ whole footballs, $2$ half footballs, $2$ whole 'triangles', and $4$ half triangles. So:



$sqrt{3}=5A+4B$



Now you can easily solve for $A$






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enter image description hereIf you repeat this pattern infinitely, you'll find that each circle consists of $12$ of these football shaped areas, together with $6$ 'triangular' areas in between (see red circle in figure). So, setting the area of the footballs to $A$, and that of the triangles to $B$, we have:



$pi^2=12A +6B$ (I am setting radius to $1$ ... you can easily adjust for $R$)



OK, now consider the green rectangle formed by four of the points on a circle. We see that the height of such a rectangle is equal to the radius, so that is $1$, and the width is easily found to be $sqrt{3}$, and this area includes $4$ whole footballs, $2$ half footballs, $2$ whole 'triangles', and $4$ half triangles. So:



$sqrt{3}=5A+4B$



Now you can easily solve for $A$







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    I appreciate this effort but could you make this clearer.
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    – Abdulhameed
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  • $begingroup$
    @Abdulhameed Added a picture
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    – Bram28
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  • $begingroup$
    @Bram28 really nice picture, +1
    $endgroup$
    – Zubin Mukerjee
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  • $begingroup$
    This is so beautiful! Its well appreciated
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    – Abdulhameed
    41 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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    – Zubin Mukerjee
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  • $begingroup$
    I appreciate this effort but could you make this clearer.
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    – Abdulhameed
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Abdulhameed Added a picture
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    – Bram28
    48 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Bram28 really nice picture, +1
    $endgroup$
    – Zubin Mukerjee
    45 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    This is so beautiful! Its well appreciated
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    – Abdulhameed
    41 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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    – Zubin Mukerjee
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I appreciate this effort but could you make this clearer.
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I appreciate this effort but could you make this clearer.
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@Abdulhameed Added a picture
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– Bram28
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@Abdulhameed Added a picture
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– Bram28
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@Bram28 really nice picture, +1
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– Zubin Mukerjee
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$begingroup$
@Bram28 really nice picture, +1
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– Zubin Mukerjee
45 mins ago












$begingroup$
This is so beautiful! Its well appreciated
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– Abdulhameed
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$begingroup$
This is so beautiful! Its well appreciated
$endgroup$
– Abdulhameed
41 mins ago












$begingroup$
@Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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– Zubin Mukerjee
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$begingroup$
@Abdulhameed Another solution is to take $1/6$ of the area of the area of the circle of radius $1$, subtract the area of an equilateral triangle with side length $1$, then multiply by $2$: $$2left(frac{1}{6}pi^2 - frac{sqrt{3}}{4}right)$$
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– Zubin Mukerjee
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Notice that the area of the equilateral triangle with edge $R$ plus $frac12$ the area of the shaded region is $frac16$ the area of the circle. The height of the triangle is $frac{Rsqrt3}{2}$ and the area is $frac12cdot Rcdotfrac{Rsqrt3}{2}=frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}$. The area of the shaded region is:
$$2left(frac{pi R^2}{6}-frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}right)=frac{2pi R^2}{6}-frac{3R^2sqrt3}{6}=frac{R^2(2pi-3sqrt3)}{6}$$
Also notice that the height of the triangle plus $frac12$ the height of the shaded area is equal to the radius of the circle. The height of the shaded area is:
$$2left(R-frac{Rsqrt3}{2}right)=2R-Rsqrt3=R(2-sqrt3)$$






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    The area of the triangle should be $$frac{R^2sqrt{3}}{4}$$
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    – Zubin Mukerjee
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    @ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
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Notice that the area of the equilateral triangle with edge $R$ plus $frac12$ the area of the shaded region is $frac16$ the area of the circle. The height of the triangle is $frac{Rsqrt3}{2}$ and the area is $frac12cdot Rcdotfrac{Rsqrt3}{2}=frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}$. The area of the shaded region is:
$$2left(frac{pi R^2}{6}-frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}right)=frac{2pi R^2}{6}-frac{3R^2sqrt3}{6}=frac{R^2(2pi-3sqrt3)}{6}$$
Also notice that the height of the triangle plus $frac12$ the height of the shaded area is equal to the radius of the circle. The height of the shaded area is:
$$2left(R-frac{Rsqrt3}{2}right)=2R-Rsqrt3=R(2-sqrt3)$$






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    The area of the triangle should be $$frac{R^2sqrt{3}}{4}$$
    $endgroup$
    – Zubin Mukerjee
    31 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    @ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Mathias
    29 mins ago














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Notice that the area of the equilateral triangle with edge $R$ plus $frac12$ the area of the shaded region is $frac16$ the area of the circle. The height of the triangle is $frac{Rsqrt3}{2}$ and the area is $frac12cdot Rcdotfrac{Rsqrt3}{2}=frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}$. The area of the shaded region is:
$$2left(frac{pi R^2}{6}-frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}right)=frac{2pi R^2}{6}-frac{3R^2sqrt3}{6}=frac{R^2(2pi-3sqrt3)}{6}$$
Also notice that the height of the triangle plus $frac12$ the height of the shaded area is equal to the radius of the circle. The height of the shaded area is:
$$2left(R-frac{Rsqrt3}{2}right)=2R-Rsqrt3=R(2-sqrt3)$$






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Notice that the area of the equilateral triangle with edge $R$ plus $frac12$ the area of the shaded region is $frac16$ the area of the circle. The height of the triangle is $frac{Rsqrt3}{2}$ and the area is $frac12cdot Rcdotfrac{Rsqrt3}{2}=frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}$. The area of the shaded region is:
$$2left(frac{pi R^2}{6}-frac{R^2sqrt3}{4}right)=frac{2pi R^2}{6}-frac{3R^2sqrt3}{6}=frac{R^2(2pi-3sqrt3)}{6}$$
Also notice that the height of the triangle plus $frac12$ the height of the shaded area is equal to the radius of the circle. The height of the shaded area is:
$$2left(R-frac{Rsqrt3}{2}right)=2R-Rsqrt3=R(2-sqrt3)$$







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  • $begingroup$
    The area of the triangle should be $$frac{R^2sqrt{3}}{4}$$
    $endgroup$
    – Zubin Mukerjee
    31 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    @ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Mathias
    29 mins ago


















  • $begingroup$
    The area of the triangle should be $$frac{R^2sqrt{3}}{4}$$
    $endgroup$
    – Zubin Mukerjee
    31 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    @ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Mathias
    29 mins ago
















$begingroup$
The area of the triangle should be $$frac{R^2sqrt{3}}{4}$$
$endgroup$
– Zubin Mukerjee
31 mins ago




$begingroup$
The area of the triangle should be $$frac{R^2sqrt{3}}{4}$$
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– Zubin Mukerjee
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@ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
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– Daniel Mathias
29 mins ago




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@ZubinMukerjee oh, yeah... mental slip
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