standard_description: Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for.
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