Areas


This week we have a plane and simple geometry problem

1) The rectangle**/*****


The rectangle contains three identical circles. The two smaller, shaded rectangle touch the sides of the rectangles and touch the circles. What percentage of the area of the large rectangle is covered by the two small rectangles?

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