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Two squares inside a circle. What is the circle area in terms of length a?

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Solution

The circle area is πa2/2.

Solution by Maths Frog.

It must be said there are other sets of squares sharing one vertex (even of different size) fitting in a circle, as is shown below.

Alternative configurations by Bob Ruyle.

Poem

Connected to the world
And to the networks
Thousand relationships
Deceived loneliness
Truncated promises
It is a feeling of emptiness
But there is beauty
Intensity
In these virtuel exchanges
Filled with poetry
And artificial intelligence
A nice connection
A deep brotherhood

Bella

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