document.write( "Question 328658: one circle is circumscribed around a square that has sides of length 2. Another circle is inscribed in the same square.
\n" ); document.write( "Find the ratio of the area of the larger circle to that of the smaller circle
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square circumscribed by a circle
\n" ); document.write( "length of square = 2
\n" ); document.write( "so diagonal = 2sqrt2
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 diameter = 1/2 * 2sqrt2
\n" ); document.write( "radius = sqrt2
\n" ); document.write( "area of circle = pi*(sqt2)^2
\n" ); document.write( "area = 2pi
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\n" ); document.write( "circle circumscribed in a square
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 diagonal of square = sqrt2
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 the side = 1
\n" ); document.write( "(sqrt2)^2-1^2= radius of cicle ^2
\n" ); document.write( "2-1=radius squared
\n" ); document.write( "1 = radius
\n" ); document.write( "area of circle = pi*1^2
\n" ); document.write( "=pi\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ratio = 2pi/pi
\n" ); document.write( "=2
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