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Question 1100550: In a larger shaded circle, there are two smaller circles. The large circle has a diameter of AB. The smaller circles both have their centres on AB, with C as the point where the smaller circles touch. Both are tangent to each other and to the larger circle. If AC is 2/3 the length of AB, what fraction of the diagram is shaded? Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):