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Question from Will, a student: A circular table is pushed into the corner of a square room so that one point is 8 inches from one wall and 9 inches from the other. What is the radius of the table? |
Hi Will,
This looks like a Pythagoras Theorem problem. Do you see how to apply Pythagoras Theorem?
Penny
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