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The adjoining figure contains three squares with areas of 100, 16 and 49 lying side by side as shown. By how much should the area of the middle square be reduced in order that the total length `P Q` of the resulting three squares is 19? `sqrt(2)` (b) `2` (c) 4 (d) 12

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