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Two Circles and One Square




What is the red area?

The two vertices of the square are the centers of two tangent and congruent circles. If the length of a side is \( 8\sqrt{2} \), what is the area of the red part peeping out?

Here is another question: Does it matter if the circles are congruent, as long as they're tangent and the centers are at the vertices of the square?


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