2020 AMC 10B Problem 14
Problem 14 of 25IntermediateGeometry
As shown in the figure below, six semicircles lie in the interior of a regular hexagon with side length so that the diameters of the semicircles coincide with the sides of the hexagon. What is the area of the shaded region—inside the hexagon but outside all of the semicircles?

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By symmetry, the shaded region is made of six congruent pieces. One such piece is the union of two equilateral triangles with side length minus a sector of a circle of radius
The two equilateral triangles have total area The sector has area Thus one shaded piece has area and the total shaded area is
Thus, D is the correct answer.