SOLUTION: The scales of a large fish are made up of arcs of circles with radius cm. Each row of scales overlaps the row below. The scales within a row just touch, with their centres on a

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Question 936443: The scales of a large fish are made up of arcs of circles with radius cm. Each row of scales overlaps the row below. The scales within a row just touch, with their centres on a straight line. The next row of scales, which overlaps the previous row, is cm above the previous row, with the centres of the scales above the points where the scales in the previous row touch. What is the visible area of a single scale?
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"...circles with radius cm."
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