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The area of an equilateral triangle is $49\sqrt{3}\text{cm}^2.$ taking each angular point as centre, circles are drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of the triangle. Find the area of the triangle not included in the circles. $\big[\text{Take }\sqrt{3}=1.73\big]$
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View full question & answer→Area of equilateral triangle $\text{ABC}=49\sqrt{3}\text{cm}^2$
Let a be its side $\therefore\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\text{a}^2=49\sqrt{3}$ Or $\text{a}^2=49\times4$ $\therefore\text{a}=7\times2$ $\Rightarrow\text{a}=14\text{cm}$ Area of sector $\text{BDF}=\pi\text{r}^2\times\frac{\theta}{360^\circ}$ $=\frac{22}{7}\times7\times7\times\frac{60}{360}\text{cm}$ $=\frac{11\times7}{3}\text{cm}^2=\frac{77}{3}\text{cm}^2$ Area pf sector BDF = Area of sector CDE = Area of sector AEF Sum of area of all the sectors $=\frac{77}{3}\times3\text{cm}^2=77\text{cm}^2$ $\therefore$ Shaded area = Area of $\triangle\text{ABC}$ - Sum of area of all sectors $=49\sqrt{3}-77\text{cm}^2=(84.77-77.00)\text{cm}^2$ $=7.77\text{cm}^2$

Let a be its side $\therefore\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\text{a}^2=49\sqrt{3}$ Or $\text{a}^2=49\times4$ $\therefore\text{a}=7\times2$ $\Rightarrow\text{a}=14\text{cm}$ Area of sector $\text{BDF}=\pi\text{r}^2\times\frac{\theta}{360^\circ}$ $=\frac{22}{7}\times7\times7\times\frac{60}{360}\text{cm}$ $=\frac{11\times7}{3}\text{cm}^2=\frac{77}{3}\text{cm}^2$ Area pf sector BDF = Area of sector CDE = Area of sector AEF Sum of area of all the sectors $=\frac{77}{3}\times3\text{cm}^2=77\text{cm}^2$ $\therefore$ Shaded area = Area of $\triangle\text{ABC}$ - Sum of area of all sectors $=49\sqrt{3}-77\text{cm}^2=(84.77-77.00)\text{cm}^2$ $=7.77\text{cm}^2$


Let A, B, C, be the centres of these circles. joint AB, BC, CA
Length of the inner curved portion


ABCDEF is a hexagon



Side of square = 28cm and radius of each circle $=\frac{28}{2}\text{cm}$
PS = 12cm



Let O be the center of the circle and AB be the chord.
Let AB be the chord of a circle with centre O and radius 30cm such that $\angle\text{AOB}=60^\circ$

In $\triangle\text{ABC}, \ \angle\text{A}=90^\circ, \ \text{AB}=6\text{cm}, \ \text{BC}=10\text{cm}$



Area pf shaded region = Area of $\triangle\text{ABC}$ + Area of semi-circle APB + Area of semi circle AQC - Area of semi circle BAC
Let r be the radius of the circle.

