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Four circular cardboard pieces of radii 7 cm are placed on a paper in such a way that each piece touches other two pieces. Find the area of the portion enclosed between these pieces.

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Required area of shaded portion

= Area of square ABCD - 4 × area of one quadrant


= 14 * 14 - 4 * (90)/(360) * (22)/(7) * (7) * (7)


= 196 - 154 = 42 \: cm {}^(2)
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