2023 AMC 8 Problem 12

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Concepts:circle areaarea ratio

Difficulty rating: 1370

12.

The figure below shows a large unshaded circle with a number of smaller unshaded and shaded circles in its interior. What fraction of the interior of the large unshaded circle is shaded?

14\dfrac{1}{4}

1136\dfrac{11}{36}

13\dfrac{1}{3}

1936\dfrac{19}{36}

59\dfrac{5}{9}

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WLOG, assume that each square has a side length of 22 units.

This means that there are 33 shaded unit circles, which total to 312π=3π3 \cdot 1^2 \pi = 3 \pi area.

There is also a shaded circle with radius 44 with two unshaded circles of radius 22 inside.

This gives us an extra shaded area of 42π222π=16π8π=8π.\begin{align*} 4^2 \pi - 2 \cdot 2^2 \pi &= 16 \pi - 8 \pi \\ &= 8 \pi. \end{align*}

Adding these values together yields 8π+3π=11π.8\pi + 3\pi = 11\pi. The area of the large unshaded circle is 62π=36π.6^2\pi = 36\pi. Therefore, the desired fraction is 11π36π=1136.\dfrac{11\pi}{36\pi} = \dfrac{11}{36}.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

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