Question:
In the figure below, two identical squares, P and S, and two identical semicircles, Q and R, lie within a large square ABCD. The area of the large square ABCD is 324 cm².
(a) What is the radius of the semicircle?
(b) Find the perimeter of the shaded area. Take π = 3.14.
Solution:
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