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About AMC 12 Circles II Problem #29

 
 
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Re: About AMC 12 Circles II Problem #29
by David Reynoso - Monday, 13 November 2017, 10:58 AM
 
That's correct, Fan, the area of the semicircles should be divided by $2$, so the combined areas of the three semicircles is be $\displaystyle \frac{9\pi}{8}$. Thus the final answer is $$\frac{\pi+6\sqrt{3}}{8}.$$

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