2003 AMC 10A Problem 19

The small semicircle’s diameter is a chord of length $1$ in the large circle. Joining its endpoints to the large circle’s center gives an equilateral triangle of side $1$ and area $\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4}.$ The region between the chord and the small arc, taken together with that triangle, has area $\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4} + \dfrac{1}{2}\pi\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^2 = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4} + \dfrac{\pi}{8}.$ Subtracting the $60^\circ$ sector of the large circle, of area $\dfrac{1}{6}\pi(1)^2 = \dfrac{\pi}{6},$ leaves the lune: $\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4} + \dfrac{\pi}{8} - \dfrac{\pi}{6} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{4} - \dfrac{\pi}{24}.$ Thus, the correct answer is C.