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I considered it as ratio of radius of small circle to the side of the square (yes, the question lacks clarity as to what ratio asked for)

Considering 2 as side of the square

(sqrt2 - 1)/2 = Radius of small circle
2 = Side of Square;Solving it further, we get ans = 1/(4.sqrt2-1)
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the wording of this problem is bad. it is not from og.

ok, the concept tested is simple.
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The Quadrilateral shown above is a square. Four circles are tangent to the sides of the square and the small circle in the centre is tangent to each of the four circles. What is the ratio of the small circle to the side of the square?
a 1/2
b 1/4(\sqrt{2} -1)
c 1/2(\sqrt{2}-1)
d \sqrt{2} -1
e 2 (\sqrt{2}-2)


Is this question copied from the OG verbatim?

The section I highlighted in red seems to fail to aknowledge what ratio they asking (diameter of small circle vs side of square? Circumference of circle vs side of square? etc)

Mods: Gladiator59 generis

Could we please correct the wording of the Q and the formatting of answer choices? Thanks!

ratio of the small circle to the side of the square => "ratio of the radius of small circle to the side of the square"
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dabaobao thanks for pointing out. Fixed it.
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The Quadrilateral shown above is a square. Four circles are tangent to the sides of the square and the small circle in the centre is tangent to each of the four circles. What is the ratio of the radius of the small circle to the side of the square?
a \(\frac{1}{2}\)
b \(\frac{1}{4}(\sqrt{2} -1)\)
c \(\frac{1}{2}(\sqrt{2}-1)\)
d \(\sqrt{2} -1\)
e \(2 (\sqrt{2}-2)\)

Here's an alternative way to solve this question with very little math, but you need to draw the diagram as accurate as possible, and know that the \(\sqrt{2}\) = 1.41 ish

Right from the start, you can eliminate Answer Choice E because it gives you a negative value
Visually, you can see that about 10 radii from the smaller circle can fit into one side of the square.

The only ratio that gives us close to .1 is \(\frac{1}{4}(\sqrt{2} -1)\)

B is the Answer!
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