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Find the area of the shaded region. Given that ABCD is a square with side length 'b' units and E is the midpoint of AB.
For Triangle ECD,
$$EC=DE=\sqrt{\ b^2+\left(\frac{b}{2}\right)^2}=\frac{\sqrt{\ 5}b}{2}$$
CD = b
$$Area\ of\ \triangle\ ECD=r\times\ s$$....(1)
$$s=\frac{\left(\frac{\sqrt{\ 5}b}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{\ 5}b}{2}+b\right)}{2}=\frac{b\left(\sqrt{\ 5}+1\right)}{2}$$...(2)
$$Area\ of\ \triangle\ ECD\ =\ \frac{B\times\ H}{2}=\frac{b\times\ b}{2}=\frac{b^2}{2}$$.......(3)
From EQ (1), (2) & (3)
we get,Β $$\frac{b^2}{2}=\frac{b\left(\sqrt{\ 5}+1\right)}{2}\times\ r$$
$$\ r=\frac{b}{\sqrt{\ 5}+1}=\frac{b\left(\sqrt{\ 5}-1\right)}{4}$$
Area of the incircle of ECD =Β $$\ \pi\ r^2$$Β
=Β $$\ \pi\ \times\ \left(\frac{b\left(\sqrt{\ 5}-1\right)}{4}\right)^2$$
$$=\frac{\pi\ b^2\left(5+1-2\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{16}=\frac{\pi\ b^2\left(3-\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{8}$$....(4)
For Triangle AED,
Inradius, $$r=\frac{AE+AD-DE}{2}=\frac{b+\frac{b}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{\ 5}b}{2}}{2}=\frac{b\left(3-\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{4}$$
Area of the incircle ofΒ Triangle AED, =Β $$\frac{\pi\ b^2\ \left(3-\sqrt{\ 5}\right)^2}{4^2}$$
$$=\pi\ b^2\ \frac{\left(9+5-6\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{16}=\frac{\pi\ b^2\ \left(14-6\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{16}$$......(5)
As, Triangle AED $$\simeq\ $$ Triangle BEC
Area of the incircle of $$\triangle\ AED$$ = Area of the incircle ofΒ $$\triangle\ BEC$$.
Hence, the area of the shaded regionΒ $$=\frac{\pi\ b^2\left(14-6\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{16}+\frac{\pi\ b^2\left(14-6\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{16}+\frac{\pi b^2\ \left(3-\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{8}$$
$$=\frac{\pi\ b^2}{16}\times\ \left(14-6\sqrt{\ 5}+14-6\sqrt{\ 5}+6-2\sqrt{\ 5}\right)$$
$$=\frac{\pi\ b^2\left(34-14\sqrt{\ 5}\right)}{16}$$
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