document.write( "Question 912139: What is the furthest away that two points in space can be, if the first is on the surface of the sphere with center (1,-4,9) and radius 15 and the other is on the surface of the sphere with center (-3,10,-6) and radius sq root of 17?
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document.write( "To that we must add the radius of each sphere, since that's how much further\r\n" );
document.write( "apart the two points which are furthest apart are than the centers are apart.\r\n" );
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