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Find the ratio of the area of a square circumscribed about a circle to the area of a square inscribed in the circle.
Step 1
The diagonal of the inscribed square is equal to the diameter of the circle, which is $2r$. Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can find the side of the inscribed square as $\sqrt{2}r$. Show more…
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