# Five Circles in a Rectangle in a Semi-Circle _Posted on Feb 29, 2020_ +-- {.image} [[FiveCirclesinaRectangleinaSemiCircle.png:pic]] > Each of the small circles has area $1$. What’s the area of the semicircle? =-- * Thread [on twitter](https://twitter.com/Cshearer41/status/1233669056584192001) * [[five circles in a rectangle in a semi-circle techniques]] * [[five circles in a rectangle in a semi-circle solution]]