Ambiguous Shaded Region

Geometry Level 2

If the purple area is $A \pi,$ what is $A?$

Note that the figure shows 2 semicircles whose diameters lie on a common line. The chord $DE$ of the larger circle is parallel to the diameter, tangent to the smaller circle, and has length $12.$

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