AMC 12 2025 Part B Problem 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 windshield cleaned by the wiper, in square feet, to the nearest hundredth? (Assume that the windshield is a flat vertical surface.)

Answer Choices:

A. 9.68

B. 10.14

C. 10.50

D. 11.32

E. 12.00