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In the given figure on a square handkerchief, nine circular designs each of radius 7cm are made. Find the area of the remaining of the handkerchief.

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Hint: Find the relation between the radius of the circle and the side of the square and then calculate the required areas.
Let the radius of the circle is r and the side of the square handkerchief is S. The radius is given in the question. So, we have:
r=7cm
As we can see from the figure, each side of the square is completely covered by three circles.
Thus the side of the square will be the sum of the lengths of the diameter of these three circles. But the circles are of equal diameters, then we have:
s=2r+2r+2r,s=2(7)+2(7)+2(7)s=14+14+14,s=42
Thus the side of the square is 42cm . And we know the formula for the area of square which is s2. So we have:
Asquare=s2,Asquare=(42)2,Asquare=1764cm2
Area of circle is πr2. And there are 9 circles in the square. So, the total area of all the circles is:
Acircles=9πr2,Acircles=9×227×(7)2,Acircles=1386cm2.
Therefore, the area of the remaining part of the handkerchief is:
Aremaining=AsquareAcircles,Aremaining=17641386,Aremaining=378cm2.
Thus, the area of the remaining portion of the handkerchief is 378cm2.
Note: In such cases, when one of the standard geometrical figures is inscribed in another standard figure, finding the relation between the sides of both the figures is the key point to solve the question.
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