SOLUTION: There are eight circles in a circle. The shaded circles on congruent. If each circle in the circle is tangent to each of its neighbors circles, what is the ratio of the total area

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Question 1044019: There are eight circles in a circle. The shaded circles on congruent. If each circle in the circle is tangent to each of its neighbors circles, what is the ratio of the total area of the seven shaded reigons to the area of the largest circle? Express your answer as a commen fraction.
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What shaded circles?

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