Problem #155


In the figure below there is a large circle with two medium-sized circles and two small circles inside it. The medium-sized circles have diameter equal to the radius of the large circle and are tangent to each other and to the large circle. Each of the smaller circles is tangent to the large circle and both of the medium-sized circles. What fraction of the area of the large circle is shaded?



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