Find the area of the shaded region if length of radius of each circle is 7 cm. Each circle touches the other two externally.
(42)
Side of square = 14 cm
Area of shaded region = area of square – area of 4 quadrants
=142-14πr2
=196-14×227×7×7=(196-154)=42
Hence, area of shaded region = 42 cm2