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This problem is from the AMC 8 math contest of 2010.




Six pepperoni circles will exactly fit across the diameter of a 12-inch pizza when placed as shown. (The diameter of a 12-inch pizza is 12 inches.) If a total of 24 circles of pepperoni are placed on this pizza without overlap, what fraction of the pizza is covered by pepperoni?