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Source: 2017 AMC 8 #25

November 22, 2017
AMC 8

Problem Statement

In the figure shown, US\overline{US} and UT\overline{UT} are line segments each of length 2, and mTUS=60m\angle TUS = 60^\circ. Arcs \overarc{TR} and \overarc{SR} are each one-sixth of a circle with radius 2. What is the area of the region shown? [asy]draw((1,1.732)--(2,3.464)--(3,1.732)); draw(arc((0,0),(2,0),(1,1.732))); draw(arc((4,0),(3,1.732),(2,0))); label("UU", (2,3.464), N); label("SS", (1,1.732), W); label("TT", (3,1.732), E); label("RR", (2,0), S);[/asy] <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>33π<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>434π3<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>23<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>432π3<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>4+4π3<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>3\sqrt{3}-\pi\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>4\sqrt{3}-\frac{4\pi}{3}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>2\sqrt{3}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>4\sqrt{3}-\frac{2\pi}{3}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>4+\frac{4\pi}{3}