Circles
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Can we find the area between three touching circles?
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Two circles of radius \(\quantity{3}{in.}\) touch each other, and a third circle of radius \(\quantity{2}{in.}\) touches each of them externally. Find the area contained between the three circles.

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UCLES O level Mathematics C, QP 187, 1954, Q7

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