Question 12
The windshield wiper on the driver’s side of a large bus is depicted below.
Arm $\overline{AB}$ pivots back and forth around point $A,$ sweeping out an arc of $60^\circ,$ symmetric about the vertical line through $A.$ The wiper blade $\overline{CD}$ is attached to $B$ at its midpoint and stays vertical as the arm moves. The arm is $3$ feet long, and the wiper blade is $3.5$ feet tall. What is the area of the windshield cleaned by the wiper, in square feet, to the nearest hundredth? (Assume that the windshield is a flat vertical surface.)
Arm $\overline{AB}$ pivots back and forth around point $A,$ sweeping out an arc of $60^\circ,$ symmetric about the vertical line through $A.$ The wiper blade $\overline{CD}$ is attached to $B$ at its midpoint and stays vertical as the arm moves. The arm is $3$ feet long, and the wiper blade is $3.5$ feet tall. What is the area of the windshield cleaned by the wiper, in square feet, to the nearest hundredth? (Assume that the windshield is a flat vertical surface.)