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A window is in the shape of a square of side s, witha semicircle of diameter s above it. Please help me unable to figure out how to write a function that express the total area of the window as a function of s

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Area of a window (in the shape of a square of side s, with a semicircle of diameter s above it) is expressed in terms of s.

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