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2004 AMC 10B Problem 9

Problem 9 of 25EasierGeometryCombinatorics

A square has sides of length 10,10, and a circle centered at one of its vertices has radius 10.10. What is the area of the union of the regions enclosed by the square and the circle?

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The square has area 102=10010^2 = 100 and the circle has area π(10)2=100π.\pi(10)^2 = 100\pi. Since the circle is centered at a vertex of the square, exactly one quarter of the circle, area 25π,25\pi, lies inside the square. The union has area 100+100π−25π=100+75π.100 + 100\pi - 25\pi = 100 + 75\pi. Thus, the correct answer is B.
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