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Two circles (Posted on 2004-10-21)

In a 8½x11 sheet of paper I drew two equal non-overlapping circles -- both completely inside the paper, of course.

What's the largest portion of the paper I could cover with the circles?

What would be the answer if I drew THREE equal circles?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Federico Kereki

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2024-06-19 00:23:13
Solution	Dej Mar	2008-03-07 07:34:42
solution	akash	2006-01-05 02:18:55
re(4): Two circles case--further explanation	bob909	2004-10-23 06:02:58
re(3): Two circles case--further explanation	nikki	2004-10-22 11:43:11
re(2): Two circles case--further explanation	bob909	2004-10-22 09:09:41
Hee hee (spoilers)	nikki	2004-10-21 18:06:51
Answer + Solution (probably nothing new)	nikki	2004-10-21 17:54:46
three circle case	Charlie	2004-10-21 17:32:50
Three circles case	David Shin	2004-10-21 17:25:21
re: Two circles case--further explanation	Charlie	2004-10-21 17:20:06
Two circles case	David Shin	2004-10-21 17:08:16

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