2003 AMC 12A Problem 15


A semicircle of diameter 11 sits at the top of a semicircle of diameter 22, as shown. The shaded area inside the smaller semicircle and outside the larger semicircle is called a ‘‘lune’’. Determine the area of this lune.

[asy] import graph; size(150); defaultpen(fontsize(8)); pair A=(-2,0), B=(2,0); filldraw(Arc((0,sqrt(3)),1,0,180)--cycle,mediumgray); filldraw(Arc((0,0),2,0,180)--cycle,white); draw(2*expi(2*pi/6)--2*expi(4*pi/6));  label("1",(0,sqrt(3)),(0,-1)); label("2",(0,0),(0,-1)); [/asy]

(A) 16π34(B) 34112π(C) 34124π(D) 34+124π(E) 34+112π\mathrm{(A) \ } \frac{1}{6}\pi-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}-\frac{1}{12}\pi\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}-\frac{1}{24}\pi\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}+\frac{1}{24}\pi\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}+\frac{1}{12}\pi


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