Question 15
In Fig. 12.33, ABC is a quadrant of a circle of radius 14 cm and a semicircle is drawn with BC as diameter. Find the area of the shaded region.
Radius of the the quadrant ABC of circle = 14 cm
AB = AC = 14 cm
BC is diameter of thesemicircle.
ABC is a right angled triangle.
By Pythagoras theorem in ΔABC,
BC2=AB2+AC2
⇒BC2=142+142
⇒BC=14√2 cm
Radius of semicircle
=14√22cm=7√2 cm
Area of Δ ABC
= 12×(base)×(height)
=12×14×14=98 cm2
Area of quadrant
=14×227×14×14=154 cm2
Area of the semicircle
=12×227×7√2×7√2=154 cm2
Area of the shaded region = Area of the semicircle + Area of ΔABC - Area of quadrant
=154+98−154 cm2=98 cm2