Problem:
Inside a circle of radius , arcs of a circle, also of radius , are drawn, centered at the vertices of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle. What is the area of the shaded region?
Problem:
Inside a circle of radius , arcs of a circle, also of radius , are drawn, centered at the vertices of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle. What is the area of the shaded region?
Pick one
Solution:
The answer is (D). The arcs drawn inside the circle have the same radius as the circle itself. As a consequence, by equidecomposition of the circle, the area of the shaded part in figure 1 is equal to that of the shaded part in figure 2, that is, it is equal to the area of the hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius. The side of the hexagon is equal to the radius (that is, it equals ); the area of the hexagon is times that of the triangle .
figura 1

figura 2
As a consequence,