[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.0.9" text_font="Raleway||||||||" text_font_size="20px" text_letter_spacing="1px" text_line_height="1.5em" background_color="#f4f4f4" custom_margin="10px||10px" custom_padding="10px|20px|10px|20px" box_shadow_style="preset2"]Competency in Focus: Geometry of circles and rectangles This problem from American Mathematics contest (AMC 8, 2014) will help us to learn more about geometry of circles and rectangles.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.27.4" text_font="Raleway|300|||||||" text_text_color="#ffffff" header_font="Raleway|300|||||||" header_text_color="#e2e2e2" background_color="#0c71c3" custom_padding="20px|20px|20px|20px" border_radii="on|5px|5px|5px|5px" box_shadow_style="preset3"]
Rectangle has sides and . A circle of radius is centered at , a circle of radius is centered at , and a circle of radius is centered at . Which of the following is closest to the area of the region inside the rectangle but outside all three circles?[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color="#0c71c3" _builder_version="4.1" toggle_font="||||||||" body_font="Raleway||||||||" text_orientation="center" custom_margin="10px||10px"][et_pb_accordion_item title="Source of the problem" _builder_version="4.0.9" open="on"]American Mathematical Contest 2014, AMC 8 Problem 20
Geometry of circles and rectangles [/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Difficulty Level" _builder_version="4.1" open="off"]6/10[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Suggested Book" _builder_version="4.0.9" open="off"]Challenges and Thrills in Pre College Mathematics Excursion Of Mathematics
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs _builder_version="4.1"][et_pb_tab title="Hint 0" _builder_version="4.1"]Do you really need a hint? Try it first![/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 1" _builder_version="4.1"]The area in the rectangle but outside the circles is the area of the rectangle minus the area of all three of the quarter circles in the rectangle.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 2" _builder_version="4.1"]Here the area of the rectangle is 3.5=15. Area of quater circles is (Area of the circle )/4 = \( \frac{\pi . r^2}{4} \) , where r= radius of the circle . so, The area of all 3 quarter circles is , where area of the quater for circle A is \( \frac{\pi}{4} \) ,for circle B is \( \frac {\pi .2^2}{4} \) , for circle C is \( \frac{\pi.3^2}{4} \).Therefore the area in the rectangle but outside the circles is .[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 3" _builder_version="4.1"]Now what can we do with to get an approximate value ?[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 4 " _builder_version="4.1"]As we know that we can approximate \( \pi \) by \( \frac{22}{7} \) . and substituting that in will give 15-11=4.[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.27.4" text_font="Raleway|300|||||||" text_text_color="#ffffff" header_font="Raleway|300|||||||" header_text_color="#e2e2e2" background_color="#0c71c3" min_height="12px" custom_margin="50px||50px" custom_padding="20px|20px|20px|20px" border_radii="on|5px|5px|5px|5px" box_shadow_style="preset3"]
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has sides 
and 
. A circle of radius 
is centered at 
, a circle of radius 
is centered at 
, and a circle of radius 
is centered at 
. Which of the following is closest to the area of the region inside the rectangle but outside all three circles?![[asy] draw((0,0)--(5,0)--(5,3)--(0,3)--(0,0)); draw(Circle((0,0),1)); draw(Circle((0,3),2)); draw(Circle((5,3),3)); label("A",(0.2,0),W); label("B",(0.2,2.8),NW); label("C",(4.8,2.8),NE); label("D",(5,0),SE); label("5",(2.5,0),N); label("3",(5,1.5),E); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/5/3/e531c5a59c1c4eec0d30c2a3e6ca52cd6bfe139a.png)
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color="#0c71c3" _builder_version="4.1" toggle_font="||||||||" body_font="Raleway||||||||" text_orientation="center" custom_margin="10px||10px"][et_pb_accordion_item title="Source of the problem" _builder_version="4.0.9" open="on"]American Mathematical Contest 2014, AMC 8 Problem 20
, where area of the quater for circle A is \( \frac{\pi}{4} \) ,for circle B is \( \frac {\pi .2^2}{4} \) , for circle C is \( \frac{\pi.3^2}{4} \).Therefore the area in the rectangle but outside the circles is 
.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 3" _builder_version="4.1"]Now what can we do with 
