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semi-circles in a quarter circle solution

Semi-Circles in a Quarter Circle

Semi-Circles in a Quarter Circle

What’s the shaded area?

Solution by Similarity

Semi-circles in a quarter circle labelled

The radius of the quarter circle is twice that of the semi-circles, so the area of the segment of the quarter circle outside chord ACA C is four times the area of the segment of one of the semi-circles outside chord OBO B, so has area 88. Then the area of the segment of the semi-circle outside chord ABA B is the same as that outside chord OBO B, so shaded region has area 822=48 - 2 - 2 = 4.