Two congruent ellipses with the major axis and the minor axis touch each other, the minor axis of each passing through the point of contact. is a common exterior tangent parallel to the minor axis. There are three congruent squares of side such that two of the squares have a side in common and another side lying on , and each has a vertex on one of the ellipses, and a third square has a vertex on each ellipse and a side that lies along a side of the first two squares.
Find the larger value of
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