SOLUTION: In the figure, OAB and OXY are sectors of a circle with centre O. What is the area of the shaded region AXYB. Figure: https://imgur.com/a/uOKno

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Question 1106476: In the figure, OAB and OXY are sectors of a circle with centre O. What is the area of the shaded region AXYB.
Figure: https://imgur.com/a/uOKno

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You can work out the Area of a Sector by comparing its angle to the angle of a full circle.
angle is of a full circle ()
you have two sectors:
with and central angle
and sector
with and central angle
Area of the sector= (when theta is in degrees)
Area of sector :



Area of sector :




the area of the shaded region AXYB:


Answer by ikleyn(52795)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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