No, a larger stagger is needed. In a 400 m race, runners navigate two bends on a 400 m track but four bends on a 200 m track, requiring twice the total stagger distance.
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The intersection of the circles consists of two 120° sectors minus two equilateral triangles of side r, giving overlapping area (2π/3 – √3/2)r². The total union area equals 2πr² minus this overlap: (4π/3 + √3/2)r².
Radius OA is perpendicular to tangent BC, bisecting it into segments of length l/2. In right-angled triangle OAB, R² – r² = (l/2)² = l²/4. The ring area is pi(R² – r²) = (1/4)pi l².
Semicircles have diameter 2, radius 1. Perimeter consists of 4 full semicircular arcs totaling 4 x (pi x 1) = 4pi units. Flower area equals 4 semicircles minus the square: 2pi – 4 units².
Each circle of diameter d sits in a square cell of area d². The ratio of circle area to each cell is (π / 4)d² / d² = π / 4. Both figures have covered fraction π / 4 approximately ...