Close but not really
Geometry
Level
3
Within a square, can we determine the absolute area occupied by the largest circle inside it that does not touch any of the sides?
No
Yes
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1 solution
This is just the same as determining the greatest number less than π 4 s 2 for any square side length s , which is impossible, because there will always be a number existing between any two numbers.