Square flower

The diagram shows 8 circles surrounding a region. What is the perimeter of the shaded region?
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Square Flower


The shaded region is bounded by eight equal circles. The centres of the circles are at the corners and midpoints of the sides of a square.

The perimeter of the square is 8cm. What is the perimeter of the shaded region?

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