The following code appears o give me what I am looking for (ie two diagrams with some brief blurb to the right) although I suspect it is heavy-handed and there is probably a better way of handling it. However, I can't see how to get rid of the gigantic vertical space between the diagrams. In fact I can't even see where it comes from. Can anyone help in shrinking it down? (Using a negative vspace doesn't seem to help).
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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,oneside, leqno]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\linewidth}
\begin{tikzpicture} [scale=0.75][thick]
\draw [fill=yellow](0,0) circle (2cm);
\draw [fill=yellow](3,-1) circle (2.5cm);
\draw (0,0) node {A};
\draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
\draw (3.2,-1) node {B};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\linewidth}
The shaded area represents \newline $A\cup B$
\vspace{1in}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\linewidth}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.75][thick]
\draw (0,0) circle (2cm);
\draw (3,-1) circle (2.5cm);
\draw (0,0) node {A};
\draw (3.2,-1) node {B};
\draw [clip](0,0) circle (2cm);
\fill[yellow] (3,-1) circle (2.5cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\linewidth}
The shaded area represents\\ $A\cap B$
\vspace{1in}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
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