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ks4 Higher What is the area between the two circles?
Please enable Java for an interactive construction (with Cinderella).
Two circles have their centres at A. One has radius r, the other has radius R. Neither of these values is known. The distance BC is fixed at 20 cm. You have to find the area of the space between the two circles. Change the positions of the points A and B. The areas of the circles themselves will change but the space between them remains the same. Can you make one of the two circular areas zero?

Can you explain any of this?
The total area is