Given two circles that pass through each other's center.
Determine the ratio of the the common area of the two circles
to one of the circles.
Solution to the Problem:
The answer is .391002 or about 39.1%.
First note that the two circles must have the same radius! See the diagram below.



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1. Jim Arrison | Norristown, Pennsylvania |
2. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
3. Chris McCormick | Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia |
4. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint, Flint, Michigan |
5. Sharina Broughton | Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia |
6. Rob Adams | Winchester, Virginia |
7. Felix Morling | Tullängensskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
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