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Age 14 to 16
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Bounded area $ABCD$ is a square of side 1 unit. Arc of circles with centres at $A, B, C, D$ are drawn in.

Prove that the area of the central region bounded by the four arcs is:

$(1 + \pi/3 + \sqrt{3})$ square units.

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