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geometry senior

Problem

An -foot by -foot bathroom floor is tiled with square tiles of size foot by foot. Each tile has a pattern consisting of four white quarter circles of radius foot centered at each corner of the tile. The remaining portion of the tile is shaded. How many square feet of the floor are shaded?
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Solution
There are tiles. Each tile has shaded. Thus: 4 quarters of a circle is a circle so that may save you 0.5 seconds (very much lots) :)
Final answer
A