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Author: Annie Fetter
Description: Geometry, difficulty level 3. Two squares, one 8 cm on a side and the other 10 cm, overlap. A corner of the 10 cm square is anchored at the middle of the 8 cm square and can rotate around that point. What are the maximum and minimum areas they'll overlap?
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