SOLUTION: A square is inscribed in a circle. The same square is also circumscribed about a smaller circle. What is the ratio of the area of the larger circle to the area of the smaller circl

Question 1117179: A square is inscribed in a circle. The same square is also circumscribed about a smaller circle. What is the ratio of the area of the larger circle to the area of the smaller circle?

Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let s = length of each side of the square
The diameter of the small circle is then ,
The diameter of the large circle is equal to the diagonal length of the square:

�> or equivalently, the ratio of large to small is 2:1
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