Area, SMB-006

A child's toy has the following design.

Find the area of the shaded region to the nearest square centimetre. (3 marks)

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`27\ text(cm²)`

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`text{Circle radius = 3 cm}`

`text(Consider the rectangle starting from the middle of the left circle.)`

`text{Shaded Area}`	`= text{Area rectangle}-3.5 xx text{Area circle}`
	`= (21 xx 6)-3.5 xx pi xx 3^2`
	`= 27.03 …`
	`=27\ text{cm² (nearest whole)}`