2021 Fall AMC 10B Problem 11
Problem 11 of 25IntermediateGeometry
A regular hexagon of side length is inscribed in a circle. Each minor arc of the circle determined by a side of the hexagon is reflected over that side. What is the area of the region bounded by these reflected arcs?
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Solution
The original circle is made from the regular hexagon plus equal circular segments. Reflecting each minor arc over its side puts those same segments inside the hexagon instead.
Therefore the average of the circle’s area and the reflected-arc region’s area is the area of the regular hexagon. The hexagon has area and the circle has radius so its area is
If the desired area is then so
Thus, the answer is B .