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OpenStudy (debpriya):

From a square tin sheet of 4 units , 2 circular holes of equal radii are punched. Find the minimum possible area of the sheet that remains after the holes are punched ( assume that the 2 circles do not intersect each other )

OpenStudy (3mar):

|dw:1478454691939:dw| The idea of minimum area remaining is corresponding to the maximum area of the two circles, so each circle should touch the square sides and the other circle, and has a diameter of half of the length of the square side.

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