Stage: 4 Challenge Level: 
Draw two circles, each of radius $1$ unit, so that each circle goes through the centre of the other one. What is the area of the overlap?
Pythagoras' theorem. Forces. Stage 5 needs dealing with. Short problems. physics. Arcs, sectors and segments. engineering. Area. Circles. Long problems.
Published June 1997.
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