Question 181908This question is from textbook Discovering Geometry 
:  I need to find the area of a shaded region in which a rectangle is inside a circle.  The shaded region is between the rectangle and the circle.  I have been given two plots:  (3,4) and (5,0).  Please help 
This question is from textbook Discovering Geometry 
 Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! I need to find the area of a shaded region in which a rectangle is inside a circle.  
The shaded region is between the rectangle and the circle.  
I have been given two plots: (3,4) and (5,0). 
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Assuming that the circle center is at origin (0,0), look at a diagram it will 
be apparent that the radius = 5 
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find the area of the circle 
A = pi*5^2 
A = 78.54 sq units 
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the coordinates of the rectangle given as 3,4 and 5.0, therefore 
the other two coordinates will be -3,-4 and -5,0 
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Find the dist between 3,4 and 5,0 for one side of the rectangle 
d =   
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d = 4.47 units is one side 
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Find the dist between 3,4 and -5,0 for the other side of the rectangle 
d =   
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d = 8.94 units is other side 
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Rectangle area: 4.47 * 8.94 = 39.98 sq unit 
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Shaded area = 78.54 - 39.98 = 38.56 sq unit is shaded 
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We can also see the diameter (10 units) is = to the diagonal of the rectangle: 
Use this fact to check our rectangle dimensions: 
on a calc, enter:   = 9.995 ~ 10, close enough 
 
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