standard_description: Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations; given two similar two-dimensional figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the similarity between them.
problem_activity: Task
A square is inscribed in a circle which is inscribed in a square as shown below. Note that the vertices of the inner square meet the midpoints of the outer square's sides.
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Consider the area of the region left by removing the interior of the small square from the interior of the big square. Is the area of the blue region more or less than $\frac12$ of that?


aligns: no