SOLUTION: A square with a side of 3 units is inscribed in a circle. what is the area of the shaded region

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Question 976805: A square with a side of 3 units is inscribed in a circle. what is the area of the shaded region
Answer by FrankM(1040)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The square has a diagonal of

Which is the diameter of the circle.
Area of the circle is pi r^2 or 14.14 and the square is 9.
So that shaded region you are thinking about is 5.14.

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