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A square of side 8cm, is painted pink and fixed to a table.
An identical square, painted white, is placed on the table alongside the pink square, and has a point P marked one quarter of the way along the diagonal as shown.
If the white square slides once around the pink square, keeping the same orientation and always remaining in contact with the pink square, through what distance does P move?
Pink and White
Age 14 to 16
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A square of side 8cm, is painted pink and fixed to a table.
An identical square, painted white, is placed on the table alongside the pink square, and has a point P marked one quarter of the way along the diagonal as shown.
If the white square slides once around the pink square, keeping the same orientation and always remaining in contact with the pink square, through what distance does P move?
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This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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