document.write( "Question 132630: Find the area of the shaded portion of the figure. (You're supposed to do something with the semi-circles in the figure I think?)
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document.write( "Sorry it's a little sloppy, but PLEASE HELP! \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #96947 by mathispowerful(115)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! From your gram, it looks like\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the shaded small half circle on the right has\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the same size as the small blank half circle on the left.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That means, the whole shaded area is actually half of\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the big circle.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The area of a circle is \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "half of it is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What is r then?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The diameter of the small circle is the radius of big circle,\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so r=8\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now plug in r, we get\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area = \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= 100.5 \n" ); document.write( "The answer is 100.5 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |