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The square whose vertices are the centres of the original four circles has side of length 2 units and this distance is equal to the diameter of the circle through $X, Y, Z$ and $T$.
Therefore the radius is 1 unit long.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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