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ABCDABCD is a square with AB=8AB = 8cm. Arcs BCBC and CDCD are semicircles. Express the area of the shaded region, in square centimeters, and in terms of π\pi. (As always, do not include units in your submitted answer.) [asy] real y = .866025404; draw((-1,-1)--(1, -1) -- (1, 1) -- (-1, 1)--cycle ); draw( Arc( (1,0), 1, 90, 270)); draw( Arc( (0,1), 1, 180, 360)); fill((0,0)..(.5, y).. (1,1) --cycle, gray(0.7)); fill((0,0)..(y, .5).. (1,1) --cycle, gray(0.7)); label ("AA", (-1,-1) , SW); label ("BB", (1,-1) , SE); label ("CC", (1,1) , NE); label ("DD", (-1,1) , NW); [/asy]
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ABCD is a square with AB=8cm. Arcs BC and CD are semicircles. Express the area of the shaded region, in square centimeters, and in terms of π. (As always, do not include units in your submitted answer.) [asy]
real y = .866025404;
draw((-1,-1)--(1, -1) -- (1, 1) -- (-1, 1)--cycle );
draw( Arc( (1,0), 1, 90, 270));
draw( Arc( (0,1), 1, 180, 360));
fill((0,0)..(.5, y).. (1,1) --cycle, gray(0.7)); fill((0,0)..(y, .5).. (1,1) --cycle, gray(0.7));
label ("A", (-1,-1) , SW); label ("B", (1,-1) , SE); label ("C", (1,1) , NE); label ("D", (-1,1) , NW);

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$ABCD$ is a square with $AB = 8$cm. Arcs $BC$ and $CD$ are semicircles. Express the area of the shaded region, in square centimeters, and in terms of $\pi$. (As always, do not include units in your submitted answer.) [asy]
real y = .866025404;
draw((-1,-1)--(1, -1) -- (1, 1) -- (-1, 1)--cycle );
draw( Arc( (1,0), 1, 90, 270));
draw( Arc( (0,1), 1, 180, 360));
fill((0,0)..(.5, y).. (1,1) --cycle, gray(0.7)); fill((0,0)..(y, .5).. (1,1) --cycle, gray(0.7));
label ("$A$", (-1,-1) , SW); label ("$B$", (1,-1) , SE); label ("$C$", (1,1) , NE); label ("$D$", (-1,1) , NW);

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