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proved in 1773 that the highest-density lattice packing of circles is the hexagonal packing arrangement, in which the centres of the circles are arranged in a hexagonal lattice (staggered rows, like a honeycomb), and each circle is surrounded by six other circles. For circles of diameter and hexagons of side length , the hexagon area and the circle area are, respectively:
:The area covered within each hexagon by circles is:
:Finally,

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