A 10-minute geometry puzzle: find the shaded area inside a square of semicircles
pickover · x · 2026-10-04
Cliff Pickover shares a fun geometry puzzle: given a square containing semicircles of radius 2, find the area of the orange shaded region — jokingly framed as a question brought back by a time traveler, with a 10-minute time limit.
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