2020 AMC 12B Problem 11
Problem 11 of 25IntermediateGeometryCounting & Probability
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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Solution
The hexagon has area Each semicircle has radius and area totaling
Adjacent semicircle centers (side midpoints) are a distance apart, so each adjacent pair overlaps in a lens of area There are six such lenses.
The union of the semicircles is Subtracting from the hexagon gives the shaded area
Thus, the correct answer is D.