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What are some good low-prerequisite examples for the heuristic advice "If you cannot prove it, prove something stronger."?
Consider two concentric coplanar unit squares (their sides do not have to be coincident).
Show that the area of the region inside both squares is greater than $\frac{3}{4}$.
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