Question

Three circles with radius 2 are mutually tangent. What is the total area of the circles and the region bounded by them, as shown in the figure?

$10\pi+4\sqrt{3}$

$13\pi-\sqrt{3}$

$12\pi+\sqrt{3}$

$10\pi+9$

$13\pi$

Connect the centers of the three circles. This forms an equilateral triangle of side $4$ , with area $4\sqrt3$ .

The included part of each circle is a $300^\circ$ sector, whose area is $\dfrac{300}{360}\pi\cdot2^2=\dfrac{10\pi}{3}$ .

The total area is $3\cdot\dfrac{10\pi}{3}+4\sqrt3=10\pi+4\sqrt3$ .

Thus, A is the correct answer.