document.write( "Question 1053192: a rope fits tightly around two pulleys. what is the distance between the centers of the pulleys if the radii of the bigger and smaller pulleys are 10 cm and 6 cm, respectively, and the portion of the rope is tangent to the two pulleys is 50 cm long? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "a rope fits tightly around two pulleys. what is the distance between the centers of the pulleys if the radii of the bigger
\n" ); document.write( "and smaller pulleys are 10 cm and 6 cm, respectively, and the portion of the rope is tangent to the two pulleys is 50 cm long?
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document.write( "\"sqrt%2850%5E2+%2B+%2810-6%29%5E2%29\" = \"sqrt%282500+%2B+16%29\" = \"sqrt%282516%29\" =~ 50.16 cm (approximately).\r\n" );
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document.write( "    - HOW TO construct a common exterior tangent line to two circles, Figure 1b\r\n" );
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