Squaring the Circle and Circling the Square
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1) What is the area of the red portion of this figure? Click NEXT 2) What is the area of the blue portion of this figure? Click NEXT 3) What is the area of the orange portion of this figure? If you continue the pattern, can you predict what each of the following areas will be? Try to explain your prediction. |
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Part 2 If the areas of the four blue shapes labelled A, B, C and D are one unit each, what is the combined area of all the blue shapes? Explain any reasoning you have used. |
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