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Geometry Difficulty 3.9 AMC 10/12 Find the answer

A circle of radius 22 is centered at OO. Square OABCOABC has side length 11. Sides ABAB and CBCB are extended past BB to meet the circle at DD and EE, respectively. What is the area of the shaded region in the figure, which is bounded by BDBD, BEBE, and the minor arc connecting DD and EE?

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Solution

The shaded area is equivalent to the area of sector DOEDOE minus the area of triangle DOEDOE plus the area of triangle DBEDBE.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, (DA)2=(CE)2=2212=3(DA)^2=(CE)^2=2^2-1^2=3 so DA=CE=3DA=CE=\sqrt{3}.
Clearly, DOADOA and EOCEOC are 30609030-60-90 triangles with EOC=DOA=60\angle EOC = \angle DOA = 60^\circ. Since OABCOABC is a square, COA=90\angle COA = 90^\circ.
DOE\angle DOE can be found by doing some subtraction of angles.
COADOA=DOC=EOA\angle COA - \angle DOA = \angle DOC = \angle EOA
9060=EOA=3090^\circ - 60^\circ = \angle EOA = 30^\circ
DOAEOA=DOE\angle DOA - \angle EOA = \angle DOE
6030=DOE=3060^\circ - 30^\circ = \angle DOE = 30^\circ
So, the area of sector DOEDOE is 30360π22=π3\frac{30}{360} \cdot \pi \cdot 2^2 = \frac{\pi}{3}.
The area of triangle DOEDOE is 1222sin30=1\frac{1}{2}\cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot \sin 30^\circ = 1.
Since AB=CB=1AB=CB=1 , DB=EB=(31)DB=EB=(\sqrt{3}-1). So, the area of triangle DBEDBE is 12(31)2=23\frac{1}{2} \cdot (\sqrt{3}-1)^2 = 2-\sqrt{3}. Therefore, the shaded area is (π3)(1)+(23)=(A) π3+13(\frac{\pi}{3}) - (1) + (2-\sqrt{3}) = \boxed{\textbf{(A) }\frac{\pi}{3} + 1 - \sqrt{3}}
OR
ODA\triangle{ODA} has the same height as OBD\triangle{OBD} which is 1.1.
We already know that BD=31.BD = \sqrt{3} - 1.
Therefore the area of OBD\triangle{OBD} is (31)112=312.(\sqrt{3}-1) \cdot 1 \cdot \frac{1}{2} = \frac{\sqrt{3}-1}{2}.
Since OBD=OBE=312.\triangle{OBD} = \triangle{OBE} = \frac{\sqrt{3}-1}{2}.
Therefore the sum of the areas is 2312=31.2 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}-1}{2} = \sqrt{3}-1.
Then the area of the shaded area becomes π3(31)=(A) π3+13.\frac{\pi}{3} - (\sqrt{3} - 1) = \boxed{\textbf{(A) }\frac{\pi}{3} +1 - \sqrt{3}}.
~mathboy282

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