MHB Area of multiple circles inside a rectangle

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The discussion centers on calculating the area of six identical circles with a radius of 24 cm, arranged within a rectangle. The circles touch at least two others and align with the perimeter of a triangle, with the triangle's height calculated as approximately 83.14 cm. The area of the rectangle is estimated at about 18,883.94 cm², while the total area of the six circles is approximately 10,857.34 cm². This results in the area of the circles constituting around 57.50% of the rectangle's area. The calculations were confirmed, noting minor discrepancies in decimal precision.
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Figure shows six identical circles inside a rectangle.
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The radius of each circle is 24 cm. The radius of the circles is the greatest possible radius so that the circles fit inside the rectangle. The six circles form the pattern shown in Figure so that
• each circle touches at least two other circles
• the circle in the top row of the pattern and the circles in the bottom row of the pattern touch at least one side of the rectangle
• the centres of the circles all lie on the perimeter of a single triangle.

Find the total area of the $six$ $circles$ $as$ $a$ $percentage$ $of$ $the$ $area$ $of$ $the$ $rectangle$.
 
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Height of triangle = √(96²-48²) ≈ 83.1384387633 cm
Area of rectangle ≈ 144×(83.1384387633+48) ≈ 18883.9351819 cm²
Area of 6 circles ≈ 10857.34422 cm²
Area of 6 circles as a percentage of area of rectangle ≈ 57.49513603 %
 
phymat said:
Height of triangle = √(96²-48²) ≈ 83.1384387633 cm
Area of rectangle ≈ 144×(83.1384387633+48) ≈ 18883.9351819 cm²
Area of 6 circles ≈ 10857.3442$${\color{red}2}$$ cm²
Area of 6 circles as a percentage of area of rectangle ≈ 57.49513$${\color{red}603}$$ %
Minor oversight or calculator algorithm difference.
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Area of 6 circles ≈ 10857.3442108
and
Area of 6 circles as a percentage of area of rectangle ≈ 57.4951359778
 
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