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prealgebra senior

Problem

A region is bounded by semicircular arcs constructed on the side of a square whose sides measure , as shown. What is the perimeter of this region?
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Solution
Since the square has side length , the diameter of each circular section is . The boundary of the region consists of 4 semicircles, whose total perimeter is twice the circumference of a circle having diameter . Hence the perimeter of the region is
Final answer
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